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English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)): a suffix forming feminine nouns.
Suffix
edit-ad
- a unit or set (especially of a specified number)
- chiliad, duodecad
- (medicine, anatomy) toward
- tibiad; ulnad
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAnagrams
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ad
- (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
- (fraction-forming suffix) -th. Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction.
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb.
- (settlement suffix) Suffix in names of settlements.
Usage notes
edit- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ad is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -od is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ed is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öd is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- (fraction-forming suffix) Variants:
- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- (settlement suffix) Variants:
Derived terms
editSee also
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editSuffix
edit-ad
- (archaic, nonstandard) Used to form past participle form of many weak verbs
Alternative forms
editOld Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-tus, i.e. from *-atus, *-ātus, *-etus, and *-ītus.
Suffix
edit-ad
- suffix forming verbal nouns
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-to, i.e. from *-ato, *-āto, *-eto, and *-īto.
Suffix
edit-ad
- suffix forming the third-person singular imperative form
- suffix forming the third-person singular imperfect indicative form
- suffix forming the third-person singular past subjunctive form
- suffix forming the third-person singular conditional form of reduplicated and ē-future stems
- suffix forming the singular passive conjunct preterite form of s-preterite stems
Serbo-Croatian
editSuffix
edit-ad (Cyrillic spelling -ад)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a collective noun.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- Klajn, Ivan (2003), Tvorba reči u savremenom sprskom jeziku 2: Sufiksacija i Konverzija, Belgrade: SANU, page(s) 22
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin -āte (second-person plural present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs).
Suffix
edit-ad
Swedish
editSuffix
edit-ad
- -ed, used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
- suffix forming past participle
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editWelsh
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSuffix
edit-ad m (plural -adau)
- show the action of a verb or its result
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *-ad, from earlier *-atus, a late (British) variant of *-ātus, used to form verbal nouns from Celtic ā-stem verbs.
Suffix
edit-ad m (plural -aid)
- suffix indicating an agent noun: -er, -or
- person who comes from somewhere or is classed by something, -ian, -ist
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from English -ate, altered in the same manner as basged (“basket”).
Suffix
edit-ad m (plural -adau)
- (chemistry) -ate, suffix denoting one of a group of related compounds - nitrad (“nitrate”), sylffad (“sulfate”).
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-ad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yapese
editSuffix
edit-ad
- Plural (3 or more) pronoun marker.
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Medicine
- en:Anatomy
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒd
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒd/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian suffixes
- Hungarian verb-forming suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with archaic senses
- Norwegian Nynorsk nonstandard terms
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish suffixes
- Old Irish noun-forming suffixes
- Old Irish inflectional suffixes
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian suffixes
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish suffix forms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh suffixes
- Welsh masculine suffixes
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- cy:Chemistry
- Yapese lemmas
- Yapese suffixes