padda

See also: Padda

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• parra

Etymology

From Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch padde, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.da/, /ˈpa.ra/

• Audio:

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Noun

padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

1. frog, toad

Hyponyms

• boompadda
• brulpadda
• skurwepadda

Derived terms

• boompadda
• brulpadda
• skurwepadda

Faroese

paddur (Bufo bufo)

Etymology

From Old Norse padda (“toad”), from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Compare Icelandic padda, Danish padde, English pad. See also Dutch pad and paddenstoel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

1. toad
2. amphibian (any animal of the taxonomic class Amphibia)

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	padda	paddan	paddur	paddurnar
accusative	paddu	padduna	paddur	paddurnar
dative	paddu	padduni	paddum	paddunum
genitive	paddu	paddunnar	padda	paddanna

Derived terms

• froskpadda
• rúðurpadda

Related terms

• froskur
• salamandra
• storkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse padda, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Faroese padda, Danish padde, Dutch pad, English pad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

1. insect, bug

   Synonym: skordýr

Declension

Declension of padda (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	padda	paddan	pöddur	pöddurnar
accusative	pöddu	pödduna	pöddur	pöddurnar
dative	pöddu	pöddunni	pöddum	pöddunum
genitive	pöddu	pöddunnar	padda, paddna	paddanna, paddnanna

Italian

Etymology

From Indonesian or Malay padi (“rice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda
• Hyphenation: pàd‧da

Noun

padda m (invariable)

1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• padden

Noun

padda m or f

1. definite feminine singular of padde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

padda f

1. definite singular of padde

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Noun

padda f (genitive pǫddu)

1. toad

Declension

Declension of padda (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	padda	paddan	pǫddur	pǫddurnar
accusative	pǫddu	pǫdduna	pǫddur	pǫddurnar
dative	pǫddu	pǫddunni	pǫddum	pǫddunum
genitive	pǫddu	pǫddunnar	paddna	paddnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: padda
• Faroese: padda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: padde
• Norwegian Bokmål: padde
• Swedish: padda
• Danish: padde

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “padda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Sicilian

Etymology

From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɖɖa/
• Hyphenation: pad‧da

Noun

padda f (plural paddi)

1. ball

Swedish

en padda

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish padda, from Old Norse padda. Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102), which would indicate a Proto-Germanic *paddǭ. Cognate with Icelandic padda, Danish padde.

Compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

Noun

padda c

1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)

Declension

Declension of padda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	padda	paddas
	definite	paddan	paddans
plural	indefinite	paddor	paddors
	definite	paddorna	paddornas

See also

• groda (“frog”)

Etymology 2

From iPad, perhaps under influence of toad sense.

Noun

padda c

1. (colloquial) a tablet (tablet computer)

   Synonym: surfplatta

Declension

Declension of padda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	padda	paddas
	definite	paddan	paddans
plural	indefinite	paddor	paddors
	definite	paddorna	paddornas

References

• padda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• padda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• padda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)