ods
English
Noun
ods
- plural of od
Interjection
ods
- (obsolete, used in oaths etc.) God's
- Ods bodikin.
- Ods pity.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
ods c
- indefinite genitive singular of od
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *uodas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to bite”). Cognates include Lithuanian úodas. The original meaning was thus “biter.”[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uɔts]
Noun
ods m (1st declension)
- gnat, mosquito (small insects (order: Diptera), especially mosquitos (family: Culicidae) that bite and suck blood)
- oda kodums ― mosquito bite
- malārijas odi ― malaria mosquitos
- pa logu ielido odi un raudulīgi sīc, pēc asinīm izslāpuši ― mosquitos flew at the window and buzzed tearfully, thirsty for blood
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ods | odi |
| genitive | oda | odu |
| dative | odam | odiem |
| accusative | odu | odus |
| instrumental | odu | odiem |
| locative | odā | odos |
| vocative | od | odi |
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ods”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Welsh
Noun
ods f (uncountable)
- alternative form of ots
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ods | unchanged | unchanged | hods |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.