padda

See also: Padda

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch padde, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.da/, /ˈpa.ra/
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Noun

padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

  1. frog, toad

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Faroese
paddur (Bufo bufo)

Etymology

From Old Norse padda (“toad”), from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Compare Icelandic padda, Danish padde, English pad. See also Dutch pad and paddenstoel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
  • Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

  1. toad
  2. amphibian (any animal of the taxonomic class Amphibia)

Declension
Declension of padda
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan paddur paddurnar
accusative paddu padduna paddur paddurnar
dative paddu padduni paddum paddunum
genitive paddu paddunnar padda paddanna

Derived terms
  • froskpadda
  • rúðurpadda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse padda, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Faroese padda, Danish padde, Dutch pad, English pad.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
  • Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

  1. insect, bug

Declension
declension of padda
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan pöddur pöddurnar
accusative pöddu pödduna pöddur pöddurnar
dative pöddu pöddunni pöddum pöddunum
genitive pöddu pöddunnar padda/paddna paddanna/paddnanna

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Indonesian or Malay padi (“rice”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpad.da/
  • Rhymes: -adda
  • Hyphenation: pàd‧da

Noun

padda m (invariable)

  1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

padda m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of padde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

padda f

  1. definite singular of padde

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

Noun

padda f (genitive pǫddu)

  1. toad

Declension
  Declension of padda (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative padda paddan pǫddur pǫddurnar
accusative pǫddu pǫdduna pǫddur pǫddurnar
dative pǫddu pǫddunni pǫddum pǫddunum
genitive pǫddu pǫddunnar paddna paddnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: padda
  • Faroese: padda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: padde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: padde
  • Swedish: padda
  • Danish: padde

References
  • “padda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

Etymology

From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɖɖa/
  • Hyphenation: pad‧da

Noun

padda f (plural paddi)

  1. ball

Swedish
en padda

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish padda, from Old Norse padda. Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102), which would indicate a Proto-Germanic *paddǭ. Cognate with Icelandic padda, Danish padde.

Compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

Noun

padda c

  1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)
Declension
Declension of padda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative padda paddan paddor paddorna
Genitive paddas paddans paddors paddornas

Etymology 2

From iPad, perhaps under influence of toad sense.

Noun

padda c

  1. (colloquial) a tablet (tablet computer)
    Synonym: surfplatta
Declension
Declension of padda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative padda paddan paddor paddorna
Genitive paddas paddans paddors paddornas

References
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