Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech rád, from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈraːt]
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Adjective edit

rád (comparative raději, radši, superlative nejraději, nejradši)

  1. glad
    To jsem rád, že jsi přišel.I'm glad you came.

Usage notes edit

  • This adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.
  • This word actually agrees with the subject, but in meaning, it essentially describes the verb. It is often mistaken to be an adverb.
  • It is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
    Rád zpíval.He liked singing (literally, He, glad, sang. )
    Raději se předvádí.She likes better to show off.
    Ráda nám pomůže.She'll be glad to help us.
    Co bych udělal nejraději?What would I like to do best?
  • Its common use with the preposition za is usually considered stylistically inappropriate and colloquial. The use of a subordinate clause or the dative case is recommended although the dative case can sound dated.
    Jsem tomu rád. / Jsem rád, že se to stalo.I'm glad about that. / I'm glad it happened.
    Jsem za to rád. (colloquial)I'm glad about that.

Declension edit

The nominative forms given are short forms.

Related terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • rád in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rád in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • rád in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

rád

  1. second-person singular of
    Nem szórja rád a homokot.He will not throw sand on you.
    Gondol néha rád?Does she ever think of you?
    Senki sem emlékszik rád.No one remembers you.

Synonyms edit

See also edit

  (standard) (én)rám (te)rád (ő)(or folksy (ő)rája) (mi)ránk (ti)rátok (ő)rájuk
  (poetic) (én)reám (te)reád (ő)reá(or folksy (ő)reája) (mi)reánk (ti)reátok (ő)reájuk

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈraːd/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈraːt/

Adjective edit

rád (comparative radějí, superlative najradějí)

  1. glad
    býti/chtieti rád něčemuto want something
    Velmi rád bych tomu, by...I'd really be glad if...
    Radějí řku.I'll rather say.
    Radějši by to zvolila.She would've rather chosen that.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Czech: rád

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rád m

  1. verbal noun of ráidid
  2. speech, talk, conversation

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rád rádL ráidL
Vocative ráid rádL ráduH
Accusative rádN rádL ráduH
Genitive ráidL rád rádN
Dative rádL rádaib rádaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
rád
also rrád after a proclitic
rád
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rád

  1. glad
    To som rád, že si prišiel. — I'm glad you came.

Usage notes edit

  • This indeclinable adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.

Related terms edit

Adverb edit

rád (comparative radšej, superlative najradšej)

  1. like to

Usage notes edit

  • This adverb is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
    Rád spieval. - He liked singing.
    Radšej sa predvádza. - She likes better to show off.
    Rada nám pomôže. - She'll be glad to help us.
    Čo by som urobil nejradšej? - What would I like to do best?

Related terms edit

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