vad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vad"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvat]

Noun

vad

1. genitive plural of vada

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad/, [vað]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)

1. (rare) ford (a crossing)

Inflection

Declension of vad

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vadene
genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadenes

Synonyms

• vadested

Related terms

• vade ("wade")

Etymology 2

See vade (“to wade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːd/, [væːˀð]

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wamta (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒd]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒd

Adjective

vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)

1. wild, untamed
2. uncontrolled, unregulated

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	vad	vadak
accusative	vadat	vadakat
dative	vadnak	vadaknak
instrumental	vaddal	vadakkal
causal-final	vadért	vadakért
translative	vaddá	vadakká
terminative	vadig	vadakig
essive-formal	vadként	vadakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vadban	vadakban
superessive	vadon	vadakon
adessive	vadnál	vadaknál
illative	vadba	vadakba
sublative	vadra	vadakra
allative	vadhoz	vadakhoz
elative	vadból	vadakból
delative	vadról	vadakról
ablative	vadtól	vadaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	vadé	vadaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	vadéi	vadakéi

Antonyms

• szelíd

Derived terms

• vadon

Noun

vad (plural vadak)

1. game (wild animal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	vad	vadak
accusative	vadat	vadakat
dative	vadnak	vadaknak
instrumental	vaddal	vadakkal
causal-final	vadért	vadakért
translative	vaddá	vadakká
terminative	vadig	vadakig
essive-formal	vadként	vadakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vadban	vadakban
superessive	vadon	vadakon
adessive	vadnál	vadaknál
illative	vadba	vadakba
sublative	vadra	vadakra
allative	vadhoz	vadakhoz
elative	vadból	vadakból
delative	vadról	vadakról
ablative	vadtól	vadaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	vadé	vadaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	vadéi	vadakéi

Possessive forms of vad

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vadam	vadjaim
2nd person sing.	vadad	vadjaid
3rd person sing.	vadja	vadjai
1st person plural	vadunk	vadjaink
2nd person plural	vadatok	vadjaitok
3rd person plural	vadjuk	vadjaik

Derived terms

• vadas
• vadász
• vadonc
• vadóc

Compound words

• dámvad
• fenevad
• vadállat
• vaddisznó
• vadember
• vadgalamb
• vadgerle
• vadgesztenye
• vadházasság
• vadkacsa
• vadkan
• vadkecske
• vadkörte
• vadmacska
• vadnyúl
• vadrózsa
• vadszeder
• vadtyúk

Further reading

• vad in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vadum (“shallow, ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvad/
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

vad n (plural vaduri)

1. ford

Declension

Declension of vad

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vad	vadul		vaduri	vadurile
genitive-dative	vad	vadului		vaduri	vadurilor
vocative	vadule			vadurilor

Related terms

• vădos

Swedish

vaderna [the calves]

Alternative forms

• hvad (pre-1906 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːd/, [vɒ̜ːd̪], (etymology 1 also) /vɑː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvat, hvadh, from Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Closely related to German was and English what and cognates in other languages in the branch of Germanic languages. Other IE cognates are Latin qui, quae, quod and the derived words of its successors in the family of Romance languages.

Pronoun

vad n

1. what

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vaþ, væþ, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Cognate with Old English wedd.

Noun

vad n

1. bet, wager

Declension

Declension of vad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vadet	vadets
plural	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vaden	vadens

Derived terms

• slå vad
• vadslagning

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vaþ, from Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Noun

vad n

1. a ford, a place for wading, short for vadställe

Declension

Declension of vad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vadet	vadets
plural	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vaden	vadens

Etymology 4

Shortening (ca. 1800) of earlier vada (comparable to färg from färga). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waþwô. The form may to some degree continue Old Swedish vaþve, from Old Norse vǫðvi, but was probably influenced by cognate Middle Low German wāde and/or modern German Wade.

Noun

vad c

1. (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.

Declension

Declension of vad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vaden	vadens
plural	indefinite	vader	vaders
	definite	vaderna	vadernas

Derived terms

• vadmuskel

Etymology 5

From Old Norse vaðr “fishing line,” from Proto-Germanic *wadiz. Compare Old English wadu “dragnet”, Lithuanian bradi̇̀nė, Proto-Slavic *brodьnь id.

Noun

vad c

1. a trawl

Declension

Declension of vad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vad	vads
	definite	vaden	vadens
plural	indefinite	vadar	vadars
	definite	vadarna	vadarnas

References

• vad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• adv.