lad
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lad
From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), which may have undergone semantic shift to mean a term of abuse (e.g. foolish youth, youngster of lower social status, etc.); thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow. Compare Norwegian ladd (“rough sock, woolen or felt slipper”) and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and tusseladd (“nincompoop”). See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”), loddi (“shaggy dog”).[1]
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From Old Danish lat, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.
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Inflection of lad | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | lad | ladere | ladest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | ladt | ladere | ladest2 |
Plural | lade | ladere | ladest2 |
Definite attributive1 | lade | ladere | ladeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
From Old Norse hlað (“heap, stack”).
lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)
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Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lad | ladet | lad | ladene |
genitive | lads | ladets | lads | ladenes |
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From Proto-West Germanic *laidu, from Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).
lād f
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | lād | lāda, lāde |
accusative | lāde | lāda, lāde |
genitive | lāde | lāda |
dative | lāde | lādum |
From Proto-West Germanic *laidu, formally identical with Etymology 1 above. Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde (“leading, reasoning”) found in Old Frisian dēdlâde (“oath of purification”), Old High German leita (“justification, excuse”).
lād f
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | lād | lāda, lāde |
accusative | lāde | lāda, lāde |
genitive | lāde | lāda |
dative | lāde | lādum |
lad (nominative plural lads)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lad | lads |
genitive | lada | ladas |
dative | lade | lades |
accusative | ladi | ladis |
vocative 1 | o lad! | o lads! |
predicative 2 | ladu | ladus |
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