Jump to content

spád

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: spad, SPAD, späd, spað, and spáð

Czech

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech spád. By surface analysis, deverbal from spadnout.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

spád m inan

  1. slope, descent, gradient
  2. briskness, snappiness

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • spád”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • spád”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • spád”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Irish

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle English spade, from Old English spadu.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

spád f (genitive singular spáide, nominative plural spáda)

  1. spade (gardening tool)

Declension

[edit]
Declension of spád (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spád spáda
vocative a spád a spáda
genitive spáide spád
dative spád
spáid (archaic, dialectal)
spáda
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spád na spáda
genitive na spáide na spád
dative leis an spád
leis an spáid (archaic, dialectal)
don spád
don spáid (archaic, dialectal)
leis na spáda

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 398, page 132