radan
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Radan.
Finnish
Noun
radan
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.
Verb
rādan
- to advise
Inflection
Conjugation of rādan (strong class 7)
| infinitive | rādan | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | rādo, rādon | riet |
| 2nd person singular | rādis, rādist | riedi, riedis |
| 3rd person singular | rādit | riet |
| 1st person plural | rādon | riedun |
| 2nd person plural | rādet | riedut |
| 3rd person plural | rādont | riedun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | rāde | riedi |
| 2nd person singular | rādes, rādest | riedi, riedis |
| 3rd person singular | rāde | riedi |
| 1st person plural | rāden | riedin |
| 2nd person plural | rādet | riedit |
| 3rd person plural | rāden | riedin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | rāt | |
| plural | rādet | |
| participle | present | past |
| rādandi | rādan, girādan | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “rādan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to advise”).
Verb
rādan
- to advise
Conjugation
Conjugation of rādan (strong class 7)
| infinitive | rādan | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | rādu | rēd |
| 2nd person singular | rādis | rēdi |
| 3rd person singular | rādid | rēd |
| plural | rādad | rēdun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | rāde | rēdi |
| 2nd person singular | rādes | rēdis |
| 3rd person singular | rāde | rēdi |
| plural | rāden | rēdin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | rād | |
| plural | rādad | |
| participle | present | past |
| rādandi | girādan, rādan | |
Descendants
- Low German: raden
Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
Borrowed from an Anglic language. Compare dialectal English ratton.
Pronunciation
Noun
radan m
Declension
Declension of radan (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | radan | radain |
| Genitive | radain | radan |
| Dative | radan | radain; radanaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) radan | (na) radain |
| Genitive | (an) radain | (nan) radan |
| Dative | (an) radan | (na) radain; radanaibh✝ |
| Vocative | radain | radana |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| radan | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “radan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 478