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padda

See also: Padda

Afrikaans edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.da/, /ˈpa.ra/
  • Audio(file)

Noun edit

padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

  1. frog, toad

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

Faroese edit

 
paddur (Bufo bufo)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

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

Declension edit

Declension of padda
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 edit

Related terms edit

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

  1. insect, bug

Declension edit

declension of padda
f-w1 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

Synonyms edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Indonesian or Malay padi (“rice”).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

padda m (invariable)

  1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

padda m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of padde

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

padda f

  1. definite singular of padde

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Noun edit

padda f (genitive pǫddu)

  1. toad

Declension edit

  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 edit

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

References edit

  • “padda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

padda f (plural paddi)

  1. ball

Swedish edit

 
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en padda

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

padda c

  1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)
Declension edit
Declension of padda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative padda paddan paddor paddorna
Genitive paddas paddans paddors paddornas

Etymology 2 edit

From iPad, perhaps under influence of toad sense.

Noun edit

padda c

  1. (colloquial) a tablet (tablet computer)
    Synonym: surfplatta
Declension edit
Declension of padda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative padda paddan paddor paddorna
Genitive paddas paddans paddors paddornas

References edit

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