valde

See also: Valde and välde

Estonian

Noun

valde

1. partitive plural of vald

Latin

Etymology

Syncopic form of validē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.deː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪d̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.de/, [ˈväl̪d̪e]

Adverb

valdē (comparative valdius, superlative valdissimē)

1. very, very much, exceedingly
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Samuelis I 2:22

     Hēlī autem erat senex valdē et audīvit omnia quae faciēbant fīliī suī ūniversō Isrāhēlī

     Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;

2. strongly, vigorously, intensely

Usage notes

Used as an intensifier before adjectives or verbs.

References

• “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• valde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑlde/, [ˈvɑ̟ɫd̪ɛ]

Noun

valde f (5th declension)

1. board (of administration)
2. board (of directors)
3. authority
4. committee

Declension

Declension of valde (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	valde	valdes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	valdi	valdes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	valdes	valžu
dative (datīvs)	valdei	valdēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	valdi	valdēm
locative (lokatīvs)	valdē	valdēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	valde	valdes

Synonyms

• kolēģija
• padome
• komisija
• komiteja
• administrācija
• pārvalde
• vadība

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

valde

1. inflection of velja:
   1. past
   2. definite singular past participle
   3. plural past participle

Swedish

Adjective

valde

1. definite natural masculine singular of vald

Verb

valde

1. past indicative of välja

Anagrams

• Evald, avled