sod
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sod"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK)
- (US)
- (General Australian)
- Rhymes: -ɒd
- Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.
Noun edit
sod (plural sods)
- (uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
- 1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746:
- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
- (countable) A piece of this.
- 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338:
- In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].
Related terms edit
Translations edit
stratum of soil
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turf grown for establishment of lawn
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Verb edit
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- To cover with sod.
- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
Translations edit
to cover with sod
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Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
Noun edit
sod (plural sods)
- (British, Ireland, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger. (Out dated)
- 1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207:
- The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.
- (British, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
- You mean old sod!
- poor sod
- unlucky sod
- You silly sod
- (British, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- I don’t care a sod.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Interjection edit
sod
Verb edit
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- (transitive, British, Ireland, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
- (transitive, British, Ireland, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
- Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
Verb edit
sod
- (obsolete) simple past of seethe
- 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Genesis xxv:[29], folio xxxiiij, verso:
- Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]
Adjective edit
sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)
- (obsolete) Boiled.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York, 2001, p.223:
- Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod, […] is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
- (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
- sod damper
Noun edit
sod (plural sods)
- (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
- 1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 120:
- And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
sod (plural sods)
- The rock dove.
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Noun edit
sod m
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)
Verb edit
sod
- imperative of sode
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.
Noun edit
sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)
References edit
- “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sọ̑d m inan
Inflection edit
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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| nom. sing. | sód | ||
| gen. sing. | sóda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sód | sóda | sódi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sóda | sódov | sódov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
sódu | sódoma | sódom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sód | sóda | sóde |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sódu | sódih | sódih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sódom | sódoma | sódi |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv- | |||
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| nom. sing. | sód | ||
| gen. sing. | sóda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sód | sodôva | sodôvi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sóda | sodôv | sodôv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
sódu | sodôvoma | sodôvom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sód | sodôva | sodôve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sódu | sodôvih | sodôvih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sódom | sodôvoma | sodôvi |
Further reading edit
- “sod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Volapük edit
Noun edit
sod (nominative plural sods)