brad
English edit
Etymology edit
Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɹad/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹæd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Noun edit
brad (plural brads)
- A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 5:
- Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
- (US, elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
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Translations edit
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Verb edit
brad (third-person singular simple present brads, present participle bradding, simple past and past participle bradded)
- (transitive) To attach using a brad.
- (transitive) To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).
Noun edit
brad m (plural bradz)
- fir tree
Derived terms edit
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Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognates include German breit, Yiddish ברייט (breyt), Dutch breed, Old Norse breiðr, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brad (comparative brader, superlative braderstn) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brad f
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bráð, from from Proto-Germanic *brēdô, cognate with German Braten.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brad c (singular definite braden, plural indefinite brade)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse bráðr, from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“in a hurry”), cognate with Swedish bråd.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brad (neuter bradt, plural and definite singular attributive brade)
References edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish brat (“spoil, plunder, robbery”), perhaps ultimately related to the root of brath (“betrayal, deception”).
Noun edit
brad f (genitive singular braide)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- bradach (“thieving; scoundrelly;”, adjective)
- bradach m (“thief, plunderer”)
- bradaigh (“steal, pilfer; remove gently; steal away”, verb)
- bradaíl f (“(act of) thieving, pilfering; trespassing on crops”)
- bradaí f (“proneness to thieving”)
- bradaí m (“pilferer, thief; person with prominent teeth”)
- bradóg f (“roguish woman”)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
brad (present analytic bradann, future analytic bradfaidh, verbal noun bradadh, past participle bradta)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bradaigh (“steal, pilfer; remove gently; steal away”)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brad | bhrad | mbrad |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 brat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Megleno-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substratum cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).
Noun edit
brad
- fir tree
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brād
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | brād | brād | brād |
Accusative | brādne | brāde | brād |
Genitive | brādes | brādre | brādes |
Dative | brādum | brādre | brādum |
Instrumental | brāde | brādre | brāde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | brāde | brāda, brāde | brād |
Accusative | brāde | brāda, brāde | brād |
Genitive | brādra | brādra | brādra |
Dative | brādum | brādum | brādum |
Instrumental | brādum | brādum | brādum |
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Descendants edit
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognates include Old English brēad, Old Saxon brōd and Old Dutch *brōd.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brād n
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).[1]
Another theory suggests that it was reformed analogically from the plural brazi, and that the original form was *braz (reinterpreted as a plural, modeled on plurals such as coadă > cozi, pradă > prăzi, surd, > surzi). See also the Romanian alpine toponyms containing Breaza, which may correspond to the Albanian plural form bredha.[2] Compare also Aromanian brad.
Noun edit
brad m (plural brazi)
- fir, Abies alba.
- pine tree.
- pine wood.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ brad in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ https://dexonline.ro/articol/Despre_leg%C4%83turile_rom%C3%A2nei_cu_albaneza
Further reading edit
- brad in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Clipping and pronunciation spelling of English brother. Doublet of prayle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brad (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “brad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Volapük edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brad (nominative plural brads)
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh brat, from Proto-Brythonic *brad, from Proto-Celtic *mratom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brad m (usually uncountable, plural bradau or bradiau)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brad | frad | mrad | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies