ад

ад (definite accusative ады, plural адлар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of ad (“name”)

• ad — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian отъ (ot),^[1] from Proto-Slavic *otъ. Cognate with Polish od, Russian от (ot) and Ukrainian од (od).

• IPA^(key): [at]
• Rhymes: -at

• Audio:

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ад • (ad) (before consonant clusters ада)

1. from
2. (dated, regional) than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)

   Synonym: за (za)

   • 1856, Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievič, “Kupałła”, in Ciekawyś? Przeczytaj!, Minsk: Drukiem Jokiela Dworzeca, page 32:

     Adná u zółacie, héta Maksimawa, / Druhá uaksamície ^{[sic – meaning u aksamície]}, héta Wasílkawa, / Na tréćciaj spadníczka at sniéhu bialéjsza, / Pryhóżeńkim liczkam at usích kraśniéjsza!

     [Адна ў золаце, гэта Максімава, / Другая ў аксаміце, гэта Васількава, / На трэцяй бялейшая за снег спаднічка, / [І яна] прыгожанькім лічкам прывабнейшая за ўсіх!]

     Adna w zólacje, heta Maksimava, / Druhaja w aksamicje, heta Vasilʹkava, / Na trecjaj bjaljejšaja za snjeh spadnička, / [I jana] pryhóžanʹkim ličkam pryvabnjejšaja za wsix!

     One is dressed in gold, she is Maksim's [girlfriend/wife]. / Another is dressed in samite, she is Vasil's [girlfriend/wife]. / The third wears a whiter than snow skirt, / and has a pretty face, the most beautiful among them all.

• "ад" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).

• IPA^(key): [at]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -at
• Homophone: ат (at)

ад • (ad) m (relational adjective а́дски or а́дов)

1. hell, inferno, perdition

• “ад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
• “ад”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 19

• да (da), АД (AD)

From Proto-Mongolic *ada.

• IPA^(key): /at/, [a̠ˈd̥ə̠]

ад • (ad)

1. madness
2. evil spirit

ад • (ad)

1. (by extension) furious, invulnerable

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ad ~ *aj (“I”, first person singular personal pronoun),^[1] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Ha- (generic personal pronoun base) + Proto-Yeniseian *-jʳ ~ *-xʷ (first person singular pronoun formant).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /¹ad/, [aˑt˧]

ад ~ ат (ād)

1. I (first person singular personal pronoun)

• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 75
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 72

• IPA^(key): [at]
• Hyphenation: ад

ад • (ad) m (relational adjective а́дски)

1. hell (the abode of the damned)

   Synonym: пе́кол m (pékol)

• Ад m (Ad)

• “ад” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

From Proto-Mongolic *ada, likely a borrowing from Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ada, “menace”).

• • IPA^(key): /ˈat/
  • Syllabification: ад (1 syllable)

ад • (ad) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠳᠠ (ada)); (regular declension)

1. devil, evil spirit
2. nuisance, menace

ад • (ad)

1. sly
2. weird

ад • (ad)

1. taste

• адъ (ad) — pre-1918 spelling

Inherited from Old East Slavic адъ (adŭ), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).

• IPA^(key): [at]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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• Rhymes: -at

ад • (ad) m inan (genitive а́да, nominative plural а́ды, genitive plural а́дов, relational adjective а́дский or а́довый or а́дов, diminutive адо́к, augmentative а́дище)

1. (Christianity or figuratively) hell, Hades (the abode of the damned)

   Synonyms: пе́кло (péklo), преиспо́дняя (preispódnjaja), гее́нна (gejénna)

   Near-synonym: тартарары́ (tartararý)

   соше́ствие Христа́ в а́д ― sošéstvije Xristá v ád ― Christ's Harrowing of Hell

2. (dialectal, Siberia) bog, unpassable mud

• а́дище (ádišče, “"a great hell", a very difficult situation”)

Compounds:

• семь круго́в а́да (semʹ krugóv áda)
• су́щий ад m (súščij ad)

• Аи́д m anim (Aíd)

• → Ingrian: aada, vaadu
• → Kildin Sami: адт (adt)

• жу́пел m (žúpel)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ад”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

ад • (ad)

1. smell

Inherited from Old Ruthenian адъ (ad), from Old East Slavic адъ (adŭ), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs). Doublet of Аї́д (Ajíd).

• IPA^(key): [ad]

• Audio:

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ад • (ad) m inan (genitive а́ду, nominative plural а́ди, genitive plural а́дів)

1. (dated) hell

   Synonym: пе́кло (péklo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ад”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “ад”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “ад”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “ад”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]