gads
English
editNoun
editgads
Verb
editgads
- third-person singular simple present indicative of gad
Anagrams
editLatvian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-, o-grade of *gʰedʰ- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gadīties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year”. Since this evolution parallels that of Russian год (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Latgalian gods, Lithuanian gadýnė (“time, period”) (< Belarusian гадзі́на (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian год (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian gȏd (“name day, important holiday”).[1]
Noun
editgads m (1st declension)
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Scots
editEtymology 1
editSee gad
Noun
editgads
Etymology 2
editFrom God, originally used as an oath or curse word and later expanded to a general expression of disgust.[1]
Alternative forms
editInterjection
editgads
- an expression of disgust
- I’m not lookin at that, gads.
- I’m not looking at that, gross.
References
edit- ^ “gad, n.3” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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