opad

Old Irish

Etymology

From uss- + Proto-Celtic -boudom.

Noun

opad n

  1. verbal noun of as·boind: refusal
    • c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 1a1
      .i. opad fidei trinitatis
      that is, rejection of the faith of the Trinity
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 90b4
      nícon·talla obbad fair itir
      it does not admit of refusal at all

Inflection

The gender is listed as masculine in DIL, but it at the same time labels the related and similarly formed apad (proclamation) as a neuter o-stem. Since they are formed like a root-based neuter o-stem verbal noun, they probably both are.

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative opadN
Vocative opadN
Accusative opadN
Genitive opaidL
Dative opadL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
opad unchanged n-opad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from opadać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.pat/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔpat
  • Syllabification: o‧pad
  • Homophones: opat, Opat

Noun

opad m inan

  1. (usually in the plural) precipitation
    opady deszczurainfall
    opady śniegusnowfall

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
  • opad Biernackiego
  • opad pośmiertny
  • opad promieniotwórczy

Further reading

  • opad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • opad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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