bads
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bads
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bads n
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *bádīˀtei (“to pierce, stab”), from the o-grade *bʰodʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to dig; to pierce”) (whence also bēda). The original meaning was probably “that which stings (one's body),” from which “hunger”; cf. related Sanskrit बाधः (bādhaḥ, “difficulty, obstacle”). Cognates include dialectal Lithuanian bãdas.[1][2]
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Noun edit
bads m (1st declension)
- hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)
- mērdēt badā ― to starve (someone), to keep in hunger
- ciest badu ― to starve (lit. to suffer hunger)
- mirt badu, badā ― to die from hunger, in hunger
- novārgt aiz bada ― to perish from hunger
- bada nāve ― death by starvation
- bada cietējs, badacietējs ― hunger-sufferer (= hungry person)
- bada streiks ― hunger strike
- meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekus ― the forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation
- pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņa ― after some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left
- (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation
- skābekļa bads ― oxygen deprivation
- miega bads ― sleep deprivation
- grāmatu bads ― dearth of books
- audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badā ― the tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)
Declension edit
Declension of bads (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bads | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | badu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bada | — |
| dative (datīvs) | badam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | badu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | badā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | bad | — |
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References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- ^ http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/1130
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bads
Verb edit
bads
- past passive indicative of be
- past passive indicative of bedja