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rád

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rad"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rád, from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈraːt]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

rád (comparative raději, radši, superlative nejraději, nejradši)

  1. glad
    To jsem rád, že jsi přišel. ― I'm glad you came.

Usage notes

  • This adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.
  • This word actually agrees with the subject, but in meaning, it essentially describes the verb. It is often mistaken to be an adverb.
  • It is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
    Rád zpíval. ― He liked singing (literally, He, glad, sang. )
    Raději se předvádí. ― She likes better to show off.
    Ráda nám pomůže. ― She'll be glad to help us.
    Co bych udělal nejraději? ― What would I like to do best?
  • Its common use with the preposition za is usually considered stylistically inappropriate and colloquial. The use of a subordinate clause or the dative case is recommended although the dative case can sound dated.
    Jsem tomu rád. / Jsem rád, že se to stalo. ― I'm glad about that. / I'm glad it happened.
    Jsem za to rád. (colloquial) ― I'm glad about that.

Declension

More information singular, masculine ...

The nominative forms given are short forms.

See also

Further reading

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

rád

  1. second-person singular of rá
    Nem szórja rád a homokot. ― He will not throw sand on you.
    Gondol néha rád? ― Does she ever think of you?
    Senki sem emlékszik rád. ― No one remembers you.

Synonyms

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rád (comparative radějí, superlative najradějí)

  1. glad
    býti/chtieti rád něčemu ― to want something
    Velmi rád bych tomu, by... ― I'd really be glad if...
    Radějí řku. ― I'll rather say.
    Radějši by to zvolila. ― She would've rather chosen that.

Declension

More information singular, masculine ...

Descendants

  • Czech: rád

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rādos, from the root Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

rád m

  1. verbal noun of rádaid
  2. speech, talk, conversation

Inflection

More information singular, dual ...
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

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

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rád

  1. glad
    To som rád, že si prišiel. ― I'm glad you came.

Usage notes

  • This indeclinable adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.

Adverb

rád (comparative radšej, superlative najradšej)

  1. like to

Usage notes

  • This adverb is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
    Rád spieval. ― He liked singing.
    Radšej sa predvádza. ― She likes better to show off.
    Rada nám pomôže. ― She'll be glad to help us.
    Čo by som urobil nejradšej? ― What would I like to do best?
  • mať rád
  • byť rád
  • radosť
  • radovať sa

See also

Further reading

  • “rád”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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