gads

English

Noun

gads

1. plural of gad

Verb

gads

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gad

Anagrams

• S.D. Ga., dags

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gad-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰod-, o-grade of *gʰed- (“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 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”).

Noun

gads m (1st declension)

1. year

Declension

Declension of gads (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gads	gadi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gadu	gadus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gada	gadu
dative (datīvs)	gadam	gadiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gadu	gadiem
locative (lokatīvs)	gadā	gados
vocative (vokatīvs)	gad	gadi

Derived terms

• gadsimts
• nākamgad, nākošgad, šogad, togad

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Scots

Interjection

gads

1. Expression of disgust