spád

See also: spad, SPAD, späd, spað, and spáð

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspaːt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: spát

Noun

spád m inan

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

Declension

Declension of spád (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	spád	spády
genitive	spádu	spádů
dative	spádu	spádům
accusative	spád	spády
vocative	spáde	spády
locative	spádu	spádech
instrumental	spádem	spády

Further reading

• “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

Alternative forms

• spáid (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle English spade, from Old English spadu.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɑːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠaːd̪ˠ/

Noun

spád f (genitive singular spáide, nominative plural spáda)

1. spade (gardening tool)

Declension

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