gads

English

Noun

gads

  1. plural of gad

Verb

gads

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gad

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-, o-grade of *gʰedʰ- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gadīties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year”. Since this evolution parallels that of Russian год (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Latgalian gods, Lithuanian gadýnė (“time, period”) (< Belarusian гадзі́на (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian год (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian gȏd (“name day, important holiday”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡat͡s]

Noun

gads m (1st declension)

  1. year
    nākamais gads ― next year
    gada māte ― mother of the year
    Viņas meita ir divus gadus veca.
    Her daughter is two years old.
    Laimīgu Jauno gadu!
    Happy New Year!
    Mēs cenšamies vismaz reizi gadā doties uz Jūrmalu.
    We try to go to Jūrmala at least once a year.

Declension

Declension of gads (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative gads gadi
genitive gada gadu
dative gadam gadiem
accusative gadu gadus
instrumental gadu gadiem
locative gadā gados
vocative gads gadi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Scots

Etymology 1

See gad

Noun

gads

  1. plural of gad

Etymology 2

From God, originally used as an oath or curse word and later expanded to a general expression of disgust.[1]

Alternative forms

gaad, gawds, gyad, gyaad

Interjection

gads

  1. an expression of disgust
    A’m no lookin at that, gads.
    I’m not looking at that, gross.

References

  1. ^ “gad, n.3”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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