adda

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See also: Adda and addà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali আড্ডা (aḍḍa).

Noun

adda (plural addas)

  1. (Bangladesh, India) An informal meeting place for conversation.
  2. (Bangladesh, India) A session of chat.

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˈda/
  • Hyphenation: ad‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَدّ (ʕadd).

Noun

addá f (plural addoodí f)

  1. time, occasion
  2. turn, move
Declension
Declension of addá
absolutive addá
predicative addá
subjective addá
genitive addá

Postposition

addá

  1. (mathematics) times

Etymology 2

Cognates include Saho addá.

Adverb

addá

  1. low
  2. inside

Noun

addá f 

  1. depth
  2. interior, inside
Declension
Declension of addá
absolutive addá
predicative addá
subjective addá
genitive addá

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 31
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Azerbaijani

Noun

adda

  1. locative singular of ad

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English add.

Pronunciation

Verb

adda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative addaði, supine addað)

  1. (Internet slang) to add (a person to one’s contact list or friend list, on social networking sites, messaging services, etc.)

Conjugation

adda – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur adda
supine sagnbót addað
present participle
addandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég adda addaði addi addaði
þú addar addaðir addir addaðir
hann, hún, það addar addaði addi addaði
plural við öddum ödduðum öddum ödduðum
þið addið ödduðuð addið ödduðuð
þeir, þær, þau adda ödduðu addi ödduðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú adda (þú), addaðu
plural þið addið (þið), addiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
addast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur addast
supine sagnbót addast
present participle
addandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég addast addaðist addist addaðist
þú addast addaðist addist addaðist
hann, hún, það addast addaðist addist addaðist
plural við öddumst ödduðumst öddumst ödduðumst
þið addist ödduðust addist ödduðust
þeir, þær, þau addast ödduðust addist ödduðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú addast (þú), addastu
plural þið addist (þið), addisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
addaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
addaður ödduð addað addaðir addaðar ödduð
accusative
(þolfall)
addaðan addaða addað addaða addaðar ödduð
dative
(þágufall)
ödduðum addaðri ödduðu ödduðum ödduðum ödduðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
addaðs addaðrar addaðs addaðra addaðra addaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
addaði addaða addaða ödduðu ödduðu ödduðu
accusative
(þolfall)
addaða ödduðu addaða ödduðu ödduðu ödduðu
dative
(þágufall)
addaða ödduðu addaða ödduðu ödduðu ödduðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
addaða ödduðu addaða ödduðu ödduðu ödduðu

Ilocano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ad‧da
  • IPA(key): /adˈda/,

Verb

addá

  1. to have

Oromo

Noun

adda

  1. forehead

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra).

Adjective

adda

  1. moist
  2. green

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of moist): sukkha

Sumerian

Romanization

adda

  1. romanization of 𒇿 (adda)
  2. romanization of 𒇽𒁁 (adda(LU₂.BAD))

Turkish

Noun

adda

  1. locative singular of ad