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rad

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English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹæd/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æd

Adjective edit

rad (comparative radder, superlative raddest)

  1. (slang, dated) Clipping of radical; excellent
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:awesome, Thesaurus:excellent
    • 2002, Brent Goldberg, David Wagner, Van Wilder (motion picture), spoken by Wasted Guy (Aaron Paul):
      In the Guinness Book of World-fucking-Records, man… under "Raddest Fucking Dude Alive"!
    • 2011, Diablo Cody, Young Adult (motion picture), spoken by Wheelchair Mike (John Forest):
      What is up, girly-friend? Holy shit, cuz. This is such a rad surprise.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Noun edit

rad (plural rads)

  1. (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) rd
    Coordinate term: gray
  2. A political radical.
    • 1991 April 19, Penny Arcade, “The Real Thing”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      The women who work in it with me are all feminists, they're all rads, two of them are black belts in karate...I mean, they're major women.
  3. Abbreviation of radian.
  4. (automotive, plumbing, slang) Abbreviation of radiator.
  5. (firearms, slang) Abbreviation of sight radius.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (“row”). Cognate with Norwegian rad and Swedish rad.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rader)

  1. row
  2. line
  3. string
  4. tier
Inflection edit
Declension of rad
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rader raderne
genitive rads radens raders radernes
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Maybe the same word as the first one. However, Norwegian radd (“person”) speaks against this possibility.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rade)

  1. (obsolete) skeleton, carcass
    • 1807, Jens Baggesen, Nye blandede Digte, p. 358.
      Hans Legem blev en Rad af Been, | Hvorpaa et Dødninghoved green. ("His body became a carcass of bones, on which a skull was grinning.")
    • 1855, Poul Møller, Efterladte Skrifter, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 35
      Hans Krop ... | Den bad de Høgen pille, | Saa Raden blev til Rest. ("They let the hawk pick his body so that the skeleton was left.")
  2. (rare) person
    • 2018, Mette Fog Pedersen, Lys og skygge: Betragtninger fra en sygeseng, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      I den Mygindske familie var der mindst lige så megen livfuldhed som på Store Hovgård. Den gamle Mygind var en lun rad, fuld af festlige historier og næsten altid omgivet af sine store hunde. Disse havde en meget familiær stilling i huset.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Knud Andersen, Den blinde ørn, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... tændt og skridtede frem og tilbage paa Halvdækket, sagde Hovgaard: „ Skipperen er en fin Navigatør, en første Klasses Sømand og sejler hende som en Jolle. Ham kan du lære noget af. Han er en lun Rad og „large“, selv om han er religiøs.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1887, Gerhard Holm, Den Danske konebaads-expedition til Grøonlands øostkyst:
      Morten, der snart viste sig at være en lun Rad, var heller ikke fri for at kure til Marie, naar de sad og plukkede Ryper eller Edderfugle sammen ude i Kjøkkenet, eller naar Morten havde Ordre fra Johanne til at staa og røre i Gryderne, medens  ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1906, Dansk tidsskrift:
      Den, der paa Landet bliver en , lun Rad", en ,,tør" Bider, vilde i Byen blive en Spilopmager, der ikke vejer sine Udfald saa nøje, ikke tænker meget paa Følgerne, eller en ondskabsfuld Bagtaler.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection edit
Declension of rad
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rade radene
genitive rads radens rades radenes
Derived terms edit
References edit

Etymology 3 edit

From English rad, abbreviated from radiation.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rad)

  1. rad (a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray)
Inflection edit
Declension of rad
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rad radene
genitive rads radens rads radenes
References edit

Dutch edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Noun edit

rad n (plural raderen or (obsolete) raden, diminutive raadje n or radje n or radertje n)

  1. wheel
    Synonym: wiel
    het rad van fortuin ― the wheel of fortune
Usage notes edit
  • Standard Dutch prefers wiel, though less so for stationary wheels, where both words are usual. In certain compounds only rad is common.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Papiamentu: rat, rad

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, *rad, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþ, *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz, *hraþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kret-.

Adjective edit

rad (comparative radder, superlative radst)

  1. quick, swift
    Synonyms: rap, snel, vlug, kwiek, gezwind, ras
    Zij is rad van tong.
    She has a sharp tongue.
Inflection edit
Inflection of rad
uninflected rad
inflected radde
comparative radder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rad radder het radst
het radste
indefinite m./f. sing. radde raddere radste
n. sing. rad radder radste
plural radde raddere radste
definite radde raddere radste
partitive rads radders —

Anagrams edit

Haitian Creole edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad

  1. clothes

Synonyms edit

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrat]
  • Hyphenation: rad

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

rad (first-person possessive radku, second-person possessive radmu, third-person possessive radnya)

  1. (metrology) rad, a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch raad (“council”), from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Noun edit

rad (first-person possessive radku, second-person possessive radmu, third-person possessive radnya)

  1. (archaic) court.
    Synonyms: dewan, majelis

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Noun edit

rad m (invariable)

  1. (physics) rad (unit)
  2. (mathematics) radian

Anagrams edit

Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *radъ (“glad”). Cognates include Upper Sorbian rad, Polish rad, Czech rád, Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ), and Russian рад (rad).

Pronunciation edit

Predicative edit

rad (feminine rada, neuter rado, dual radej, plural raźi)

  1. happy/happily, glad/gladly
    To ja rad/rady cynim.
    I’m happy to do that. (male speaker)
    Mója žeńska to rada/rad/rady scyni.
    My wife will be happy to do that.
    Našo góle tam rado/rad/rady doženjo.
    Our child will be happy to go there.
    Tam woni raźi/rad/rady njechojźe.
    They don’t like going there.

Usage notes edit

The feminine, neuter, dual, and plural forms may optionally be used in agreement with the subject of the verb, or rad or rady may be used invariably.

Middle English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old English hræd, from Proto-West Germanic *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz. Compare rathe.

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

rad (plural and weak singular rade, comparative raddere, superlative raddest)

  1. quick, fast, speedy
  2. rash, hasty, angry
  3. eager
Descendants edit
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Adverb edit

rad

  1. quickly, speedily
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Old Norse hræddr, past participle of hræða (“to frighten”).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

rad

  1. afraid, scared, terrified, fearful
Descendants edit
References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse rǫð.

Noun edit

rad f or m (definite singular rada or raden, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

  1. a row
  2. (chess) rank

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [raːd], [raː], [ʁaːd], [ʁaː], [ɾaːd], [ɾaː]

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse rǫð.

Noun edit

rad f (definite singular rada, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

  1. a row
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hraðr, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz.

Adjective edit

rad (neuter radt, definite singular and plural rade, comparative radare, indefinite superlative radast, definite superlative radaste)

  1. fast
  2. straight
Derived terms edit

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Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *raidu. Cognate with Old Norse reið.

Noun edit

rād f

  1. journey, ride
  2. raid, expedition
  3. the runic character ᚱ (/r/)
Declension edit
Declension of rad (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative rād rāda, rāde
accusative rāde rāda, rāde
genitive rāde rāda
dative rāde rādum
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See ridan.

Verb edit

rād

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of ridan

Old Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós. Cognates include Old English rēad, Old Saxon rōd and Old Dutch rōt.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rād

  1. red

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hrad, wheseence also Old English hræþ, Old Norse hraðr.

Adjective edit

rad

  1. fast

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, akin to Latin rota.

Noun edit

rad n

  1. wheel
Descendants edit

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Adjective edit

rad (comparative bardziej rad, superlative najbardziej rad, no derived adverb)

  1. (dated) glad (pleased, happy, satisfied)
Usage notes edit
  • All forms except the nominative are obsolete.
Declension edit
Declension of rad (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative rad rada rade radzi rade
genitive radego radej radego radych
dative rademu radej rademu radym
accusative radego rad radą rade radych rade
instrumental radym radą radym radymi
locative radym radej radym radych

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from New Latin radium.

Noun edit

Chemical element
Ra
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rad m inan

  1. (chemistry) radium (chemical element with an atomic number of 88)
Declension edit
Declension of rad
singular
nominative rad
genitive radu
dative radowi
accusative rad
instrumental radem
locative radzie
vocative radzie

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English rad.

Noun edit

rad m inan

  1. rad (unit of absorbed radiation dose)
Declension edit
Declension of rad
singular plural
nominative rad rady
genitive rada radów
dative radowi radom
accusative rad rady
instrumental radem radami
locative radzie radach
vocative radzie rady

Etymology 4 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

rad m inan

  1. Abbreviation of radian.

Etymology 5 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

rad f

  1. genitive plural of rada

Further reading edit

  • rad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “rad”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rad

  1. inflection of rade:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rȁd (comparative ràdijī, Cyrillic spelling ра̏д)

  1. willing
Declension edit
positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rad rada rado
genitive rada rade rada
dative radu radoj radu
accusative inanimate
animate 		rad
rada 		radu rado
vocative rad rada rado
locative radu radoj radu
instrumental radim radom radim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative radi rade rada
genitive radih radih radih
dative radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
accusative rade rade rada
vocative radi rade rada
locative radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
instrumental radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative radi rada rado
genitive radog(a) rade radog(a)
dative radom(u/e) radoj radom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		radi
radog(a) 		radu rado
vocative radi rada rado
locative radom(e/u) radoj radom(e/u)
instrumental radim radom radim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative radi rade rada
genitive radih radih radih
dative radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
accusative rade rade rada
vocative radi rade rada
locative radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
instrumental radim(a) radim(a) radim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative radiji radija radije
genitive radijeg(a) radije radijeg(a)
dative radijem(u) radijoj radijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		radiji
radijeg(a) 		radiju radije
vocative radiji radija radije
locative radijem(u) radijoj radijem(u)
instrumental radijim radijom radijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative radiji radije radija
genitive radijih radijih radijih
dative radijim(a) radijim(a) radijim(a)
accusative radije radije radija
vocative radiji radije radija
locative radijim(a) radijim(a) radijim(a)
instrumental radijim(a) radijim(a) radijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najradiji najradija najradije
genitive najradijeg(a) najradije najradijeg(a)
dative najradijem(u) najradijoj najradijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najradiji
najradijeg(a) 		najradiju najradije
vocative najradiji najradija najradije
locative najradijem(u) najradijoj najradijem(u)
instrumental najradijim najradijom najradijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najradiji najradije najradija
genitive najradijih najradijih najradijih
dative najradijim(a) najradijim(a) najradijim(a)
accusative najradije najradije najradija
vocative najradiji najradije najradija
locative najradijim(a) najradijim(a) najradijim(a)
instrumental najradijim(a) najradijim(a) najradijim(a)

Etymology 2 edit

From ráditi (“to work”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

  1. work
Declension edit
Declension of rad
singular plural
nominative rȃd rȁdovi
genitive rada rȁdōvā
dative radu radovima
accusative rad radove
vocative radu radovi
locative rádu radovima
instrumental radom radovima

Etymology 3 edit

From English rad.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

  1. rad (unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
Declension edit
Declension of rad
singular plural
nominative rad radi
genitive rada rada
dative radu radima
accusative rad rade
vocative rade radi
locative radu radima
instrumental radom radima

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad m inan (genitive singular radu, nominative plural rady, genitive plural radov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. row
  2. (chess) rank

Declension edit

Declension of rad
singular plural
nominative rad rady
genitive radu radov
dative radu radom
accusative rad rady
locative rade radoch
instrumental radom radmi

References edit

  • “rad”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rȁd (comparative rȃjši, superlative nȁjrȃjši)

  1. liking or preferring something, having a positive attitude towards something
Inflection edit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rȃd m inan

  1. (dated) gladness
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative rád
genitive ráda
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		rád
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		rádu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		rádom

Further reading edit

  • “rad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (“row”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rad ?

  1. Abbreviation of radian.

Noun edit

rad c

  1. A row; a line of entries in a table, or a line of objects
  2. A single horizontal row of text on a CRT screen, printed paper, etc.
  3. A line in a screenplay
  4. (colloquial) A (short) written letter(Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (chess) rank

Declension edit

Declension of rad 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rad raden rader raderna
Genitive rads radens raders radernas

Synonyms edit

Anagrams edit

Veps edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian страда (strada). Related to Livvi ruado and Ludian ruad.

Noun edit

rad

  1. work, labor, toil
  2. event

Declension edit

Inflection of rad (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. rad
genitive sing. radon
partitive sing. radod
partitive plur. radoid
singular plural
nominative rad radod
accusative radon radod
genitive radon radoiden
partitive radod radoid
essive-instructive radon radoin
translative radoks radoikš
inessive rados radoiš
elative radospäi radoišpäi
illative radoho radoihe
adessive radol radoil
ablative radolpäi radoilpäi
allative radole radoile
abessive radota radoita
comitative radonke radoidenke
prolative radodme radoidme
approximative I radonno radoidenno
approximative II radonnoks radoidennoks
egressive radonnopäi radoidennopäi
terminative I radohosai radoihesai
terminative II radolesai radoilesai
terminative III radossai —
additive I radohopäi radoihepäi
additive II radolepäi radoilepäi

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rad

  1. Soft mutation of rhad.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhad rad unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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