dad

See also: Dad, DAD, dåd, -dad, ḍaḍ, and dáð

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English dadd, dadde, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Low German detta (grandfather)[1]. Possibly from a metathetic variation of unrecorded Old English *ætta, *atta (father), from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (father; dad), Cimbrian tatta (dad)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (father), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, father); or perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad, Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, uncle) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, grandfather).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

dad (plural dads)

  1. (informal) A father, a male parent.
    He hadn't seen his dad in years.
  2. (familiar) Used to address one's father
    Happy Father's Day, Dad!
  3. (slang) Used to address an older adult male

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic дад
Roman dad
Perso-Arabic

Noun

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

  1. taste

Declension

Derived terms


Breton

Noun

dad

  1. Mutated form of tad.

Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian داد (dad).

Noun

dad f

  1. justice

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis. Cognate with Old English dǣd, Dutch daad, Old High German tāt (German Tat).

Noun

dād f

  1. deed

Declension


Descendants

  • Low German: Daat

Romani

Noun

dad m (plural dada)

  1. father

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Akin to Irish dada, tada.

Noun

dad m

  1. anything, aught, tittle
    Ciod e th' ort? Chan eil dad.
    What is wrong with you? Nothing.

References

  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

Somali

Noun

dad m

  1. people

Spanish

Verb

dad

  1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of dar.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːd/

Noun

dad

  1. Soft mutation of tad.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tad dad nhad thad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (dal).

Noun

dad

  1. (anatomy) belly

References

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
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