ráð

From Old Norse ráð.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: rá
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

ráð n (genitive singular ráðs, plural ráð)

1. advice
2. plan
3. council

• ríkisráð

From Old Norse ráð.

• IPA^(key): /rauːð/

  Rhymes: -auːð

ráð n (genitive singular ráðs, nominative plural ráð)

1. advice, counsel
2. plan
3. council (body of advisors)

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚨ n (*rada /⁠rāda⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *rēdą n, alternative form of *rēdaz m, whence Old English rǣd m, Old High German rāt m (“advice”) (German Rat m (“advice”)), Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (*radaʀ /⁠*rādaʀ⁠/) (attested in personal name), Old Norse -ráðr.

ráð n (genitive ráðs, plural rǫ́ð)

1. advice, counsel
2. council (body of advisors)

• Icelandic: ráð
• Faroese: ráð
• Norwegian Bokmål: råd
• Jamtish: raoð
• Old Swedish: rāþ
  • Swedish: råd
  • → Estonian: raad
  • → Finnish: raati
• Old Danish: rath
  • Danish: råd
• Old Gutnish: raþ