sod

See also: SOD, SoD, sód, sød, and soð

English

Workers laying sod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒd
• Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15^th c.], from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

Noun

sod (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
   • (Can we date this quote by Collins and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.

2. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

   The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.

Related terms

• soddie
• sodless

Translations

stratum of soil

• Armenian: ճիմ (hy) (čim)
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
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• Dutch: teellaag (nl) m or f
• Finnish: juurikerros
• German: Rasen (de) m, Wasen (de) m
• Italian: zolla (it), piota (it) f
• Latin: caespes m

• Plautdietsch: Sood f
• Polish: darń (pl) f, darń (pl) f
• Russian: дёрн (ru) m (djorn)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid f
• Serbo-Croatian: busen (sh)
• Swedish: gräsmatta (sv) c
• Ukrainian: де́рен m (déren)
• Westrobothnian: sjwal m

turf grown for establishment of lawn

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• Dutch: graszode (nl) m or f
• Finnish: siirtonurmi
• French: gazon (fr) m
• German: Sode (de) f, Plagge f (northern), Rasen (de) m, Wasen (de) m

• Polish: darń (pl) f
• Russian: дёрн (ru) m (djorn)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid f
• Serbo-Croatian: tepih trava
• Swedish: grästorva c
• Ukrainian: де́рен m (déren)

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. To cover with sod.

   He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

Translations

to cover with sod

• French: gazonner (fr)

Etymology 2

From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (Britain, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.

   You mean old sod!

   poor sod

   unlucky sod

   You silly sod

3. (Britain, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

   I don’t care a sod.

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Translations

Sodomite; bugger

• French: (obsolete) bougre (fr) m

• Russian: пидор (ru) m (pidor)

A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective

• French: bougre (fr) m

• Russian: чувак (ru) m (čuvak)

Interjection

sod

1. (Britain, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

   Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!

Derived terms

• sod off

Etymology 3

Originally a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

Verb

sod

1. (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe

Adjective

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:

     , New York, 2001, p.223:

     Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod, […] is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.

2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.

   sod damper

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
   • 1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 120:

     And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.

Etymology 4

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Anagrams

• DOS, DSO, DoS, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, do's, dos, dso, ods

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Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːd/, [soðˀ]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. imperative of sode

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.

Noun

sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)

1. boiling, bubbling
2. broth
3. meat soup

References

• “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sóːt/

Noun

sọ̑d m inan

1. barrel

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sód
gen. sing.	sóda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sód	sóda	sódi
accusative	sód	sóda	sóde
genitive	sóda	sódov	sódov
dative	sódu	sódoma	sódom
locative	sódu	sódih	sódih
instrumental	sódom	sódoma	sódi

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	sód
gen. sing.	sóda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sód	sodôva	sodôvi
accusative	sód	sodôva	sodôve
genitive	sóda	sodôv	sodôv
dative	sódu	sodôvoma	sodôvom
locative	sódu	sodôvih	sodôvih
instrumental	sódom	sodôvoma	sodôvi

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Volapük

Noun

sod (nominative plural sods)

1. sauce

Declension

declension of sod

	singular	plural
nominative	sod	sods
genitive	soda	sodas
dative	sode	sodes
accusative	sodi	sodis
vocative 1	o sod!	o sods!
predicative 2	sodu	sodus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only