brad

See also: Brad, brád, Brád, bráð, bråd, and bræd

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹad/

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• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.

Noun

brad (plural brads)

1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 5:

     Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.

2. (US, elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

Derived terms

• bradawl
• brads

Translations

thin finishing nail

Bulgarian: клинец m (klinec) Czech: kolářský hřebíček Finnish: uppokantanaula Greek: πρόκα (el) f (próka) Tagalog: kalabito, pakong-aspile

paper fastener — see paper fastener

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Mandarin: (please verify) 活页纸书钉

Verb

brad (third-person singular simple present brads, present participle bradding, simple past and past participle bradded)

1. (transitive) To attach using a brad.
2. (transitive) To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

Etymology 2

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Noun

brad (plural brads)

1. A binary radian.

Anagrams

• Bard, darb, bard, drab, BARD

Aromanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).

Noun

brad m (plural bradz)

1. fir tree

Derived terms

• brãdic
• brãdet

See also

• ehlã/iehlã
• chin

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• broad (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)
• broat (Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognates include German breit, Yiddish ברייט (breyt), Dutch breed, Old Norse breiðr, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b̥rɑːd̥/

Adjective

brad (comparative brader, superlative braderstn) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna)

1. broad, wide
2. long (of a distance)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrat]

Noun

brad f

1. genitive plural of brada

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bráð, from from Proto-Germanic *brēdô, cognate with German Braten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁɑð], [ˈb̥ʁɑˀð]

Noun

brad c (singular definite braden, plural indefinite brade)

1. (archaic) roast

Declension

Declension of brad

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brad	braden	brade	bradene
genitive	brads	bradens	brades	bradenes

Derived terms

• mørbrad

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bráðr, from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“in a hurry”), cognate with Swedish bråd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁɑˀð]

Adjective

brad (neuter bradt, plural and definite singular attributive brade)

1. (archaic) sudden, quick

References

• “brad,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠad̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brat (“spoil, plunder, robbery”), perhaps ultimately related to the root of brath (“betrayal, deception”).

Noun

brad f (genitive singular braide)

1. (literary) plunder

Declension

Declension of brad (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative brad vocative a bhrad genitive braide dative brad braid (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article singular nominative an bhrad genitive na braide dative leis an mbrad leis an mbraid (archaic, dialectal) don bhrad don bhraid (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• bradach (“thieving; scoundrelly;”, adjective)
• bradach m (“thief, plunderer”)
• bradaí m (“pilferer, thief; person with prominent teeth”)
• bradaí f (“proneness to thieving”)
• bradaigh (“steal, pilfer; remove gently; steal away”, verb)
• bradaíl f (“(act of) thieving, pilfering; trespassing on crops”)
• bradóg f (“roguish woman”)

Etymology 2

Verb

brad (present analytic bradann, future analytic bradfaidh, verbal noun bradadh, past participle bradta)

1. (ambitransitive) alternative form of bradaigh (“to steal, remove”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of brad (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	bradadh
past participle	bradta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	bradaim	bradann tú; bradair†	bradann sé, sí	bradaimid	bradann sibh	bradann siad; bradaid†	a bhradann; a bhradas / a mbradann*	bradtar
past	bhrad mé; bhradas	bhrad tú; bhradais	bhrad sé, sí	bhradamar; bhrad muid	bhrad sibh; bhradabhair	bhrad siad; bhradadar	a bhrad / ar bhrad*	bradadh
past habitual	bhradainn / mbradainn‡‡	bhradtá / mbradtᇇ	bhradadh sé, sí / mbradadh sé, s퇇	bhradaimis; bhradadh muid / mbradaimis‡‡; mbradadh muid‡‡	bhradadh sibh / mbradadh sibh‡‡	bhradaidís; bhradadh siad / mbradaidís‡‡; mbradadh siad‡‡	a bhradadh / a mbradadh*	bhradtaí / mbradta퇇
future	bradfaidh mé; bradfad	bradfaidh tú; bradfair†	bradfaidh sé, sí	bradfaimid; bradfaidh muid	bradfaidh sibh	bradfaidh siad; bradfaid†	a bhradfaidh; a bhradfas / a mbradfaidh*	bradfar
conditional	bhradfainn / mbradfainn‡‡	bhradfá / mbradfᇇ	bhradfadh sé, sí / mbradfadh sé, s퇇	bhradfaimis; bhradfadh muid / mbradfaimis‡‡; mbradfadh muid‡‡	bhradfadh sibh / mbradfadh sibh‡‡	bhradfaidís; bhradfadh siad / mbradfaidís‡‡; mbradfadh siad‡‡	a bhradfadh / a mbradfadh*	bhradfaí / mbradfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go mbrada mé; go mbradad†	go mbrada tú; go mbradair†	go mbrada sé, sí	go mbradaimid; go mbrada muid	go mbrada sibh	go mbrada siad; go mbradaid†	—	go mbradtar
past	dá mbradainn	dá mbradtá	dá mbradadh sé, sí	dá mbradaimis; dá mbradadh muid	dá mbradadh sibh	dá mbradaidís; dá mbradadh siad	—	dá mbradtaí
imperative
–	bradaim	brad	bradadh sé, sí	bradaimis	bradaigí; bradaidh†	bradaidís	—	bradtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of brad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brad	bhrad	mbrad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “brad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1326; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substratum cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).

Noun

brad

1. fir tree

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑːd/

Adjective

brād (comparative brādre, superlative brādost)

1. wide, broad
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.

     [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

Declension

Declension of brād — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brād	brād	brād
Accusative	brādne	brāde	brād
Genitive	brādes	brādre	brādes
Dative	brādum	brādre	brādum
Instrumental	brāde	brādre	brāde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brāde	brāda, brāde	brād
Accusative	brāde	brāda, brāde	brād
Genitive	brādra	brādra	brādra
Dative	brādum	brādum	brādum
Instrumental	brādum	brādum	brādum

Declension of brād — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brāda	brāde	brāde
Accusative	brādan	brādan	brāde
Genitive	brādan	brādan	brādan
Dative	brādan	brādan	brādan
Instrumental	brādan	brādan	brādan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brādan	brādan	brādan
Accusative	brādan	brādan	brādan
Genitive	brādra, brādena	brādra, brādena	brādra, brādena
Dative	brādum	brādum	brādum
Instrumental	brādum	brādum	brādum

Synonyms

• wīd

Derived terms

• brādnes
• brǣdu

Descendants

• Middle English: brod, brode, brood
  • English: broad
  • Scots: braid
  • Yola: brode

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑːd/

Noun

brād m

1. alternative form of brǣd

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brād	brādas
accusative	brād	brādas
genitive	brādes	brāda
dative	brāde	brādum

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognates include Old English brēad, Old Saxon brōd and Old Dutch *brōd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraːd/

Noun

brād n

1. bread

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: bruad

  Karrharder: brüdj

  Helgoland: Brooad

  Mooring: brüüdj

  Nordergoesharder: bruud

  Sylt: Bruar

  Wiedingharder: bruuid

• Saterland Frisian: Brood
• West Frisian: brea

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN