ad

Alternative forms

• ád (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *ëmta-.^[1][2][3] Cognates include Finnish antaa and Estonian andma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒd]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

ad

1. (transitive) to give or shift (something) to or near someone or somewhere

   Synonyms: átad, juttat, helyez, nyújt

   Hyponyms: idead, odaad

   1. (transitive) to serve (food or drink) to someone (-nak/-nek); to set down (food or drink) to be consumed

      Reggelit adtunk a gyerekeknek. ― We gave breakfast to the children.

2. (transitive) to give (something) to someone (-nak/-nek) as a gift, donation etc.

   Synonyms: adományoz, ajándékoz

   Adtam Sándornak egy könyvet. ― I gave Sándor a book.

3. (transitive) to throw, organize, hold, give (a party/celebration/dinner, especially in honour of someone)

   Synonyms: rendez, szervez, tart, csap

   Vacsorát adtak a győztes tiszteletére. ― They held a dinner in the winner's honor.

   • 1854, Mór Jókai, chapter 19, in R. Nisbet Bain, transl., Egy magyar nábob, chapter XI (translation):

     Könnyű a férjnek azt mondani, én holnap vagy egy hónap múlva nagy ünnepélyt adok, hivatalos lesz rá az egész környék, akiket ismerek és olyanok is, akiket sohasem láttam. A többi az asszony gondja.

     It is easy enough for us men-folk to say, “I will give a great dinner-party to-morrow, or a month hence; and I will invite the whole country-side to it. I will invite not only those I know, but those I have never seen;” but it is our women-folk who have to take thought for it.

4. (transitive, arithmetic) to add (-hoz/-hez/-höz)

   Synonym: hozzáad

5. (transitive) to perform (a play, show etc.); to screen (a film); to broadcast (a program)

   Synonyms: bemutat, játszik, előad, közvetít, sugároz

   A moziban nem adták az új filmet. ― The new film was not screened at the cinema.

   Melyik csatorna adja a mérkőzést? ― Which channel is broadcasting the match?

6. (transitive, slang) to rule, rock; to be giving [with null object]

   Nagyon adja az új lemez! ― The new album is really great!

7. (transitive, slang) to like, enjoy, dig; to vibe with; to agree with (something)

   Synonyms: élvez, kedvel, (informal) bír, (slang) csíp, (slang) szétad

   Nagyon adom ezt az ötletet. ― I am really into this idea.

References

Further reading

• (to give): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (for [prefix of numbered issues; formal]): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ad in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Alternative forms

• (apocopic form) a

Etymology

Borrowing from French à, Italian ad, Spanish a, all ultimately from Latin ad, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Preposition

ad

1. to (movement, tendency or position)

   Antonyms: de, ek

   Il iris a la kirko. ― He went to church.

   Il venas de Paris a London. ― He is on his way from Paris to London.

   La hundo jetis su a la kato. ― The dog sprang at the cat.

   De la esto ad la westo. ― From east to west.

   De tempo a tempo. ― From time to time.

   De un dio a l'altra. ― From one day to another; From day to day.

   De la supro a l'infro. ― From top to bottom.

2. dative: indirect object

   Donez a me la bastono ― Give me the stick.

   Il parolis ad el. ― He spoke to her.

3. to (object of action, thought, desire)

   Il elevas su a la richeso e a la honori. ― He is rising to weather and honors.

   Atencema a la diskurso. ― Attentive to the discourse.

   Surda a la ditreso-krii. ― Deaf to the cries of distress.

   Amo a Deo. ― Love to God.

   Me deziras a vu omna feliceso. ― I wish you all happiness.

4. to (comparison or relation)

   Agreabla a la gusto. ― Agreeable to the taste.

   Ca okupo konvenas ad il. ― This occupation suits him.

5. proportion; total

   Tri raportas a non quale du a sis. ― Three is to nine as two is to six.

   Evaluar lua revenuo a 10.000 franki. ― To estimate his income as 10,000 francs.

   Taxar ol a 400 franki. ― To tax it at 400 francs.

See also

• vers
• til

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin ad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d‿/

Preposition

ad

1. (before vowels) Alternative form of a for euphony, especially before /a/; to, at, in

   Dallo ad Adamo. ― Give it to Adam.

Anagrams

• da, da', dà

Alternative forms

• at

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at.

The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad/, [äd̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad/, [äd̪]

Preposition

ad (+ accusative)

1. (direction) toward, to
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 4:

     Fugere ad puppim collēs campīque videntur.

     The hills and fields appear to fly toward the ship.

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2:

     Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.

     At noon the shadows fall towards the north, [and] at sunrise, point to the west.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.93:

     Duplices tendens ad sidera palmas.

     Stretching both hands to the stars.

2. up to (indicating direction upwards)
3. near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.33:

     ad Murciae datae sedes

     the residences being given near the Murcia

4. against, on, upon (indicating position)
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.27:

     Sē ad arborēs applicant.

     They are leaning against the trees.

5. at, about, around, on, in (indicating a point in time)
6. until, to, up to, till (indicating the extent of time)
7. for, to, toward (indicating purpose or aim)

   Ad maiōrem Deī glōriam.

   For the greater glory of God.

8. in order to, to, for (indicating means)

   Ad vim atque ad arma confugere.

   To resort to violence and to fighting.

9. in comparison with, in comparison to, in relation to
10. according to (indicating conformity)
11. in consequence of
12. against, at (indicating movement 'toward' but in a hostile manner)
13. among, amongst (indicating the sharing of a characteristic)

References

• "ad", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ad", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ad in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Pronoun

ad

1. third person plural pronoun; they, them

Noun

ad

1. story

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *acan (“name”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋajan, *ajan (“name”). Cognate with Pohnpeian ahd.

Noun

ad

1. name

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *ajan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aidaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːd/

Noun

ād m

1. funeral pyre

Etymology 1

From Latin ad.

Etymology 2

From Latin habet.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ad.

Pronunciation

Noun

ad m (plural ads)

1. (Brazil, chiefly Internet slang) ad (short for advertisement)

   Synonym: anúncio

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Assan aj and Arin aj and Kott ai.

Pronoun

ad

1. I (first-person subjective singular)

Noun

ad n (plural aduri)

1. Obsolete form of iad.

References

• ad in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

• (Mengda, Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ɑt]^[1][2]
• (Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Daisho, Baizhuang, Tashapo (Mengda), Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [ɑːt]^[3][4][5]

Noun

ad (3rd person possessive adı, plural adlar)

1. name

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “миниң адимь Яхія дур”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 433
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “at, a:t”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 296
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ad”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 8
• She, Xiu Cun (2015) “ɑt, ɑtʰ”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research]‎, China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ad”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 3
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ad”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 81
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “a:d”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 32
• “adını” in Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/, [að]

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of a, sometimes used before vowels

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a²”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of a, found before a vowel
   • 1866, “Cap. IV, 10 [Chapter 4, verse 10]”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎ (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, page 10:

     Allora Gesù li dizisi: Andaddinni, Satana: palchì è ilcrittu: Hai a adurà lu Signori Deju toju, e ad eddu solu hai a silvì.

     Then Jesus said to him: "Begone, Satan! For it is written "You shall adore the Lord your God, and Him alone you shall serve.""

Etymology

Borrowed from English hat (compare Irish hata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [at̪]

Noun

ad f (genitive singular aide, plural adan or adaichean)

1. hat

   ad a' bhile òir ― the gold-rimmed hat

   bile na h-aide ― the rim of the hat

Romanization

ad

1. Romanization of 𒀜 (ad)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آد (ad, “name”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ad, “name”), from Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑd/

• Audio:

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Noun

ad (definite accusative adı, plural adlar)

1. name, first name, last name
2. noun
3. reputation, fame, name, repute

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ад (ad), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Noun

ad

1. hell, underworld

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ад”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Preposition

ad

1. for, in order to, to
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.

     During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play twelve musical instruments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːd/

Verb

ad

1. Soft mutation of gad.

Mutation

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References