U+33AD, ㎭
SQUARE RAD

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Translingual

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rad

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rade.

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English

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Adjective

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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.

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Noun

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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.

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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

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rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rader)

  1. row
  2. line
  3. string
  4. tier
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Declension of rad
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rader raderne
genitive rads radens raders radernes
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Etymology 2

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

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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)
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Declension of rad
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rade radene
genitive rads radens rades radenes
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Etymology 3

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From English rad, abbreviated from radiation.

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rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rad)

  1. rad (a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray)
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Declension of rad
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rad raden rad radene
genitive rads radens rads radenes
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Etymology 1

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

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

  1. wheel
    Synonym: wiel
    het rad van fortuinthe wheel of fortune
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  • Standard Dutch prefers wiel, though less so for stationary wheels, where both words are usual. In certain compounds only rad is common.
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  • Papiamentu: rat, rad

Etymology 2

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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-.

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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.
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Declension 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

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Haitian Creole

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rad

  1. clothes

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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

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rad (plural rad-rad)

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

Etymology 2

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

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rad (plural rad-rad)

  1. (archaic) court
    Synonyms: dewan, majelis

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Italian

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rad m (invariable)

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

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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

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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.

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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

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Etymology 1

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

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

  1. quick, fast, speedy
  2. rash, hasty, angry
  3. eager
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rad

  1. quickly, speedily
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Etymology 2

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

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rad

  1. afraid, scared, terrified, fearful
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rǫð.

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

  1. a row
  2. (chess) rank

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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From Old Norse rǫð.

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

  1. a row
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Etymology 2

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

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

  1. fast
  2. straight
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Old English

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

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rād f

  1. journey, ride
  2. raid, expedition
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCLXXXVII Hēr nam Byrhtrīc cing Offan dohtor Ēadburge. ⁊ on his dagum cōman ǣrest III sċipa Norðmanna, ⁊ þā sē ġerēfa þǣr tō rād, ⁊ hīe wolde drīfan tō þǣs cinges tūne... Þæt wǣron þā ǣrestan sċipu Denisċra manna þe Angelcynnes land ġesōhte.
      Year 787 In this King Brightric kidnapped Offa's daughter Eadburg. And in those days came the first three Norse ships, intending to drive off the reeve and raid the king's town...Those were the first Danish ships to come to the land of the Angles.
  3. the runic character (/r/)
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Strong ō-stem:

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Etymology 2

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See ridan.

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rād

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of ridan

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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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.

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rād

  1. red

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

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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

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rad

  1. fast

Etymology 2

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

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rad n

  1. wheel
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Etymology 3

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See rāt.

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rād m (Rhine Franconian)

  1. Alternative form of rāt

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish rad, from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

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

  1. (dated) glad (pleased, happy, satisfied)
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  • All forms except the nominative are obsolete.
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from New Latin radium.

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Chemical element
Ra
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rad m inan

  1. (chemistry) radium (chemical element with an atomic number of 88)
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English rad.

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rad m inan

  1. rad (unit of absorbed radiation dose)
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Etymology 4

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

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rad m inan

  1. Abbreviation of radian.

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rad f

  1. genitive plural of rada

Further reading

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  • 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

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rad

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

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rȁd (Cyrillic spelling ра̏д, comparative ràdijī)

  1. willing
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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)

Further reading

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  • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

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From ráditi (to work).

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rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

  1. work
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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

Further reading

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  • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

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From English rad.

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rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

  1. rad (unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
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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

Further reading

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  • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

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Etymology

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

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rad m inan

  1. row
  2. (chess) rank

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Declension of rad
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativeradrady
genitiveraduradov
dativeraduradom
accusativeradrady
locativeraderadoch
instrumentalradomradmi

References

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  • 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *radъ.

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rȁd (comparative rȃjši, superlative nȁjrȃjši)

  1. liking or preferring something, having a positive attitude towards something
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rȃd m inan

  1. (dated) gladness
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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)
ráda
dative
(dajȃlnik)
rádu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
rád
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
rádu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
rádom

Further reading

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  • rad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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rad ?

  1. Abbreviation of radian.

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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

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Etymology

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

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rad

  1. work, labor, toil
  2. event

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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

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rad

  1. Soft mutation of rhad.

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Mutated forms of rhad
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhad rad unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.