Old English · noun
abad
Normalised ābād
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑːˌbɑːd/
- Syllables
- ˈɑː · ˌbɑːd (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- waitabodecontinuancelingeringdelaystay
abad1 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
wait, delay
-
stay, lingering, continuance
Declension · strong ō-stem
abad2 · verb · inflected form
Senses
-
past singular of ābīdan
-
Inflected form of ābīdan
All forms (4)
Etymology
From ā- + bād (“a wait, waiting”), from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō; modelled after ābīdan.
From ābīdan.
Descendants
abode
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