gads

English

Noun

gads

1. plural of gad

Verb

gads

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gad

Anagrams

• S.D. Ga., dags

Latvian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-, o-grade of *gʰedʰ- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gadīties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year”. Since this evolution parallels that of Russian год (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Latgalian gods, Lithuanian gadýnė (“time, period”) (< Belarusian гадзі́на (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian год (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian gȏd (“name day, important holiday”).

Noun

gads m (1st declension)

1. year

Declension

Derived terms

• gadsimts
• nākamgad, nākošgad, šogad, togad

References

Scots

Etymology 1

See gad

Noun

gads

1. plural of gad

Etymology 2

From God, originally used as an oath or curse word and later expanded to a general expression of disgust.

Alternative forms

gaad, gawds, gyad, gyaad

Interjection

gads

1. an expression of disgust

   I’m not lookin at that, gads.

   I’m not looking at that, gross.

References