ад

ад (definite accusative ады, plural адлар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of ad (“name”)

• ad — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ. Cognate with Russian от (ot) and Ukrainian від (vid), од (od).

• IPA^(key): [at]
• Rhymes: -at

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ад • (ad) (before consonant clusters ада)

1. from

• “ад”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

From Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).

• IPA^(key): [at]

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ад • (ad) m (relational adjective а́дски or а́дов)

1. hell, inferno, perdition

• “ад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
• “ад”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19

• да (da)

From Proto-Mongolic *ada.

• IPA^(key): /at/, [a̠ˈd̥ə̠]

ад • (ad)

1. madness
2. evil spirit

ад • (ad)

1. (by extension) furious, invulnerable

• IPA^(key): [at]
• Hyphenation: ад

ад • (ad) m (relational adjective а́дски)

1. hell (the abode of the damned)

   Synonym: пе́кол m (pékol)

• Ад m (Ad)

• “ад” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

From Proto-Mongolic *ada, likely a borrowing from Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ada, “menace”).

• • IPA^(key): /ˈat/
  • Syllabification: ад (1 syllable)

ад • (ad) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠳᠠ (ada)); (regular declension)

1. devil, evil spirit
2. nuisance, menace

ад • (ad)

1. sly
2. weird

ад • (ad)

1. taste

• адъ (ad) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic адъ (adŭ), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).

• IPA^(key): [at]

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• Rhymes: -at

ад • (ad) m inan (genitive а́да, nominative plural а́ды, genitive plural а́дов, relational adjective а́дский or а́довый or а́дов, diminutive адо́к, augmentative а́дище)

1. (Christianity or figuratively) hell, Hades (the abode of the damned)

   Synonyms: пе́кло (péklo), преиспо́дняя (preispódnjaja), гее́нна (gejénna)

   соше́ствие Христа́ в а́д ― sošéstvije Xristá v ád ― Christ's Harrowing of Hell

2. (dialectal, Siberia) bog, unpassable mud

Compounds:

• семь круго́в а́да (semʹ krugóv áda)
• су́щий ад m (súščij ad)

• → Ingrian: aada, vaadu
• → Kildin Sami: адт (adt)

• жу́пел m (žúpel)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ад”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

ад • (ad)

1. smell

Inherited from Old Ruthenian адъ (ad), from Old East Slavic адъ (adŭ), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs). Doublet of Аї́д (Ajíd).

• IPA^(key): [ad]

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ад • (ad) m inan (genitive а́ду, nominative plural а́ди, genitive plural а́дів)

1. (dated) hell

   Synonym: пе́кло (péklo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “ад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “ад”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “ад”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)