spád

See also: spad, SPAD, späd, spað, and spáð

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech spád. By surface analysis, deverbal from spadnout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspaːt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: spát

Noun

spád m inan

  1. slope, descent, gradient
  2. briskness, snappiness

Declension

Declension of spád (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative spád spády
genitive spádu spádů
dative spádu spádům
accusative spád spády
vocative spáde spády
locative spádu spádech
instrumental spádem spády

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English spade, from Old English spadu.

Pronunciation

Noun

spád f (genitive singular spáide, nominative plural spáda)

  1. spade (gardening tool)

Declension

Declension of spád (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spád spáda
vocative a spád a spáda
genitive spáide spád
dative spád
spáid (archaic, dialectal) 		spáda
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spád na spáda
genitive na spáide na spád
dative leis an spád
leis an spáid (archaic, dialectal)
don spád
don spáid (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na spáda

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 398, page 132
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