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lad

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lad

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ladino.

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English

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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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Noun

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lad (plural lads)

  1. A boy or young man.
    Coordinate term: lass
    • 1776, John Woolman, chapter XI, in A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, […] ‎[1], Dublin: Printed by R. Jackson, page 209:
      How great is that danger, to which poor lads are now exposed, when placed on shipboard to learn the art of sailing! Five lads, training up for the seas, were now on board this ship; […]
    • 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character‎[2], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70:
      The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."
  2. (UK, Ireland) A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
    Coordinate term: ladette
    I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.
    Last night I was out drinking with the lads.
  3. A familiar term of address for a young man.
    Come here, lad, and help me shift these boxes.
  4. A groom who works with horses.
    Synonyms: stable boy, stable lad
  5. (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 225:
      — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
    • 1995 May 5, Graham Linehan, Arthur Matthews, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, in Father Ted:
      Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
      Mrs Sheridan: And he got his lad out.
    • 2007, anonymous author, translated by Ciaran Carson, The Táin, →ISBN, page 175:
      And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his long lad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
    • 2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, →ISBN, page 11:
      Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.
  6. (scambaiting, Internet slang) A scammer.
    • 2020 March 11, Rover, “*** 419 EATER FORUM RULES - PLEASE READ ***”, in 419 Eater‎[3]:
      [...] regardless whether you feel the lads may deserve to be subjected to those types of images.

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  1. ^ * Liberman, Anatoly, Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology, University of Minnesota Press, 2008, p. 139

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Czech

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Noun

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lad

  1. genitive plural of lado

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Danish lat, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.

Adjective

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lad

  1. languid, lazy, indolent
Inflection
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Inflection of lad
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hlað (“heap, stack”).

Noun

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lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)

  1. bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), e.g. truckbed
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Declension of lad
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lad ladet lad ladene
genitive lads ladets lads ladenes

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Verb

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lad

  1. imperative of lade

French

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Noun

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lad m (plural lads)

  1. stable lad; stable hand

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German

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lad

  1. singular imperative of laden

Middle English

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lad

  1. Alternative form of ladde

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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lad

  1. imperative of lade

Old English

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Etymology 1

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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”).

Noun

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lād f

  1. carrying, bringing, leading
  2. way, course
  3. passage, watercourse
  4. provision, sustenance
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Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative lād lāda, lāde
accusative lāde lāda, lāde
genitive lāde lāda
dative lāde lādum
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: lod, lode

Etymology 2

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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”).

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lād f

  1. excuse (+ genitive for something)
  2. apology (+ genitive for something)
  3. defense or exoneration (+ genitive against an accusation)
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Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative lād lāda, lāde
accusative lāde lāda, lāde
genitive lāde lāda
dative lāde lādum
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Polish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: lad

Noun

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lad f

  1. genitive plural of lada

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin lātus.

Adjective

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lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wide, broad

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
  • (Puter, Vallader) larg

Scots

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).

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Noun

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lad (plural lads)

  1. lad, boy
    Synonym: (Doric) loon
  2. son
  3. menial
  4. male sweetheart

Volapük

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Noun

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lad (nominative plural lads)

  1. heart

Declension

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declension of lad
singular plural
nominative lad lads
genitive lada ladas
dative lade lades
accusative ladi ladis
vocative 1 o lad! o lads!
predicative 2 ladu ladus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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