valde
Latin
Etymology
Syncopic form of validē.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯al.deː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪d̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈval.de/, [ˈväl̪d̪e]
Adverb
valdē (comparative valdius, superlative valdissimē)
- very, very much, exceedingly
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 2:22:
- Hēlī autem erat senex valdē et audīvit omnia quae faciēbant fīliī suī ūniversō Isrāhēlī
- Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;
- strongly, vigorously, intensely
Usage notes
Used as an intensifier before adjectives or verbs.
References
- “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “valde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- valde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑlde/, [ˈvɑ̟ɫd̪ɛ]
Declension
Declension of valde (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | valde | valdes |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | valdi | valdes |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | valdes | valžu |
dative (datīvs) | valdei | valdēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | valdi | valdēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | valdē | valdēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | valde | valdes |
Norwegian Nynorsk
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