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English
Noun
bads
- plural of bad
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
bads n
- indefinite genitive singular of bad
Latvian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
bads m (1st declension)
- 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
- (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
Declension of bads (1st declension)
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Swedish
Noun
bads
- indefinite genitive singular/plural of bad
Verb
bads
- past passive indicative of be
- past passive indicative of bedja