Wiktionary

bads

See also: Bads and båds

English

edit

Noun

edit

bads

  1. plural of bad

Anagrams

edit

Danish

edit

Noun

edit

bads n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bad

Latvian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Baltic *bádīˀtei (“to pierce, stab”), from the o-grade *bʰodʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to dig; to pierce”) (whence also bēda). The original meaning was probably “that which stings (one's body),” from which “hunger”; cf. related Sanskrit बाधः (bādhaḥ, “difficulty, obstacle”). Cognates include dialectal Lithuanian bãdas.[1][2]

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [bats]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

bads m (1st declension)

  1. hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)
    mērdēt badā ― to starve (someone), to keep in hunger
    ciest badu ― to starve (lit. to suffer hunger)
    mirt badu, badā ― to die from hunger, in hunger
    novārgt aiz bada ― to perish from hunger
    bada nāve ― death by starvation
    bada cietējs, badacietējs ― hunger-sufferer (= hungry person)
    bada streiks ― hunger strike
    meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekus ― the forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation
    pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņa ― after some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left
  2. (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation
    skābekļa bads ― oxygen deprivation
    miega bads ― sleep deprivation
    grāmatu bads ― dearth of books
    audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badā ― the tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)

Declension

edit
Declension of bads (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) bads —
accusative (akuzatīvs) badu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) bada —
dative (datīvs) badam —
instrumental (instrumentālis) badu —
locative (lokatīvs) badā —
vocative (vokatīvs) bad —
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/1130

Swedish

edit

Noun

edit

bads

  1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of bad

Verb

edit

bads

  1. past passive indicative of be
  2. past passive indicative of bedja
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bads&oldid=80103200"