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oud

See also: oud- and Oud

English

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An oud.

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Etymology

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From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.

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oud (plural ouds)

  1. (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
    Coordinate term: sintir
  2. (perfume) Agarwood.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

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oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

  1. old

Inflection

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Inflection of oud
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive oud ou oue oues ouds
comparative ouer ouere oueres ouers
superlative oudste oudstes —

Czech

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Noun

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oud m inan

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of úd

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • “oud”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “oud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

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Adjective

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oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

  1. old
    De oude man en de zee. ― The Old Man and the Sea.
  2. stale (of bread)

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Declension of oud
uninflected oud
inflected oude
comparative ouder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial oud ouder het oudst
het oudste
indefinite m./f. sing. oude oudere oudste
n. sing. oud ouder oudste
plural oude oudere oudste
definite oude oudere oudste
partitive ouds ouders —

Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: oud
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
  • Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
  • Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
  • West Flemish: elde

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Portuguese

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Noun

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oud m (plural ouds)

  1. Alternative spelling of ud
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