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padda

See also: Padda

Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch padde, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.da/, /ˈpa.ra/
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Noun

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padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

  1. frog, toad

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Faroese

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paddur (Bufo bufo)

Etymology

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From Old Norse padda (“toad”), from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Compare Icelandic padda, Danish padde, English pad. See also Dutch pad and paddenstoel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

  1. toad
  2. amphibian (any animal of the taxonomic class Amphibia)

Declension

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Declension of padda
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan paddur paddurnar
accusative paddu padduna paddur paddurnar
dative paddu padduni paddum paddunum
genitive paddu paddunnar padda paddanna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse padda, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Faroese padda, Danish padde, Dutch pad, English pad.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

  1. insect, bug

Declension

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Declension of padda (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan pöddur pöddurnar
accusative pöddu pödduna pöddur pöddurnar
dative pöddu pöddunni pöddum pöddunum
genitive pöddu pöddunnar padda, paddna paddanna, paddnanna

Synonyms

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Indonesian or Malay padi (“rice”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpad.da/
  • Rhymes: -adda
  • Hyphenation: pàd‧da

Noun

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padda m (invariable)

  1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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padda m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of padde

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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padda f

  1. definite singular of padde

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Noun

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padda f (genitive pǫddu)

  1. toad

Declension

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  Declension of padda (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan pǫddur pǫddurnar
accusative pǫddu pǫdduna pǫddur pǫddurnar
dative pǫddu pǫddunni pǫddum pǫddunum
genitive pǫddu pǫddunnar paddna paddnanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: padda
  • Faroese: padda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: padde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: padde
  • Swedish: padda
  • Danish: padde

References

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  • “padda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɖɖa/
  • Hyphenation: pad‧da

Noun

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padda f (plural paddi)

  1. ball

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish padda, from Old Norse padda. Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102), which would indicate a Proto-Germanic *paddǭ. Cognate with Icelandic padda, Danish padde.

Compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

Noun

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padda c

  1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)
Declension
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Declension of padda
nominative genitive
singular indefinite padda paddas
definite paddan paddans
plural indefinite paddor paddors
definite paddorna paddornas

Etymology 2

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From iPad, perhaps under influence of toad sense.

Noun

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padda c

  1. (colloquial) a tablet (tablet computer)
    Synonym: surfplatta
Declension
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Declension of padda
nominative genitive
singular indefinite padda paddas
definite paddan paddans
plural indefinite paddor paddors
definite paddorna paddornas

References

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