lad

See also: LAD, läd, lǟd, ľad, ląd, lad-, láð, and ład

English

Etymology

Middle English ladde (foot soldier, servant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læd/
  • (unstressed, sometimes) (rare) IPA(key): /ləd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

lad (plural lads)

  1. (Britain) A boy or young man.
  2. (Britain) A Jack the lad; a boyo.
    I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
    Last night I was out drinking with the lads.
  3. A familiar term of address for a young man.
    Come here, lad, and help me shift these boxes.
  4. A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
  5. (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 225:
      — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
    • 1995 May 5, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, in Father Ted, written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews:
      Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
      Mrs Sheridan: And he got his lad out.
    • 2007, Unknown, translated by Ciaran Carson, The Táin, →ISBN, page 175:
      And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his long lad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
    • 2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, →ISBN, page 11:
      Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.

Usage notes

Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams


Danish

Adjective

lad

  1. languid, lazy, indolent

Inflection

Inflection of lad
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular lad 2
Neuter singular ladt 2
Plural lade 2
Definite attributive1 lade
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)

  1. bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed

Inflection

Verb

lad

  1. imperative of lade

German

Verb

lad

  1. Imperative singular of laden.

Middle English

Noun

lad

  1. Alternative form of ladde

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lad

  1. imperative of lade

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið.

Noun

lād f

  1. way, course
  2. passage, watercourse, lode
  3. carrying, bringing
  4. provision, sustenance
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Old English. Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde.

Noun

lād f

  1. exculpation, clearing of guilt or accusation, purgation
  2. defense against a charge, excuse
Declension
Derived terms

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sutsilvan) lo

Etymology

From Latin lātus.

Adjective

lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wide, broad

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
  • (Puter, Vallader) larg

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English ladde, from North Germanic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lad/, /lɑd/

Noun

lad (plural lads)

  1. lad
  2. son
  3. menial
  4. male sweetheart

Volapük

Noun

lad (plural lads)

  1. heart

Declension

Derived terms

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