Old English · suffix

-had

Normalised -hād

Part of speech: suffix, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xɑːd/
[hɑːd]
Syllables: xɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English: -head -hood forming quality

Meaning

forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns or adjectives

ċild (“child”) + -had → ċildhād (“childhood”)

Declension

Declension of -had
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-hād	-hādas
Accusative	-hād	-hādas
Genitive	-hādes	-hāda
Dative	-hāde	-hādum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition”) (originally a noun, represented by Old English hād). Cognate with Old Saxon -hēd, Dutch -heid, Old High German -heit (German -heit).

Descendants

-head, -hood

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