Edward
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, corresponding to ed (“wealth, riches”) + ward (“ward, guard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛdwəd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛdwɚd/
- Hyphenation: Ed‧ward
Proper noun
[edit]Edward
- A male given name from Old English.
- 1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 77:
- The Christian humility of King Edward the Confessour brought such credit to this name, that since that time it hath been most usual in all estates.
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, chapter 8, in Tristram Shandy, Book IV:
- Heaven is my witness! that in the warmest transport of my wishes for the prosperity of my child, I never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what George or Edward would have spread around it.
- 1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 169:
- There's a world of difference between the name Edward, which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie, which sounds like a guy on the bus.
- (less common) A surname. See also Edwards.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]male given name
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Noun
[edit]Edward (plural Edwards)
- (historical) A gold coin produced in the reign of King Edward.
- 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
- It is indeed the same golden Edward, with three holes in it, with which I presented my Mary on her birthday, in her eighteenth year, to buy a new suit for the holidays.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from eād (“rich”) + weard (“guard”).
Proper noun
[edit]Edward
- a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edward
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Edward | Edwardok |
accusative | Edwardot | Edwardokat |
dative | Edwardnak | Edwardoknak |
instrumental | Edwarddal | Edwardokkal |
causal-final | Edwardért | Edwardokért |
translative | Edwarddá | Edwardokká |
terminative | Edwardig | Edwardokig |
essive-formal | Edwardként | Edwardokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Edwardban | Edwardokban |
superessive | Edwardon | Edwardokon |
adessive | Edwardnál | Edwardoknál |
illative | Edwardba | Edwardokba |
sublative | Edwardra | Edwardokra |
allative | Edwardhoz | Edwardokhoz |
elative | Edwardból | Edwardokból |
delative | Edwardról | Edwardokról |
ablative | Edwardtól | Edwardoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Edwardé | Edwardoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Edwardéi | Edwardokéi |
Possessive forms of Edward | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Edwardom | Edwardjaim |
2nd person sing. | Edwardod | Edwardjaid |
3rd person sing. | Edwardja | Edwardjai |
1st person plural | Edwardunk | Edwardjaink |
2nd person plural | Edwardotok | Edwardjaitok |
3rd person plural | Edwardjuk | Edwardjaik |
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edward
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edward
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Edward”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edward m (nominative singular Edwards)
- a male given name, Edward
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edward m pers (female equivalent Edwarda, diminutive Edek)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edward
Declension
[edit]Declension of Edward
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
[edit]Edward f
Further reading
[edit]- Edward in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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