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An oud.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Noun
oud (plural ouds)
- (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
- Coordinate term: sintir
- (perfume) Agarwood.
Derived terms
Translations
Arabic plucked string instrument
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See also
Further reading
oud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 2010. Ottoman Medicine: Healing and Medical Institutions, 1500-1700. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn. Pg. 73.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)
Inflection
Inflection of oud
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | oud | ou | oue | oues | ouds |
| comparative | ouer | ouere | oueres | ouers | |
| superlative | oudste | oudstes | — | ||
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
oud m inan
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “oud”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “oud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) oudt
Etymology
From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)
Declension
| Declension of oud | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | oud | |||
| inflected | oude | |||
| comparative | ouder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | oud | ouder | het oudst het oudste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | oude | oudere | oudste |
| n. sing. | oud | ouder | oudste | |
| plural | oude | oudere | oudste | |
| definite | oude | oudere | oudste | |
| partitive | ouds | ouders | — | |
Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: oud
- Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
- Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
- Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
- West Flemish: elde
Anagrams
Portuguese
Noun
oud m (plural ouds)
- Alternative spelling of ud