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glad

See also: Glad, gläd, glað, and glåd

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.

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glad (comparative gladder or more glad, superlative gladdest or most glad) (usually predicative)

  1. Pleased; happy; gratified.
    I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
  2. (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
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Verb

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glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make glad.
    Synonyms: cheer up, gladden, exhilarate

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of gladiolus

Noun

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glad (plural glads)

  1. (informal) A gladiolus (plant).
    • 2008, Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer, page 217:
      Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton gloat (“kingdom, wealth”), from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy-, from the root *h₂welh₁-.

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Noun

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glad f (plural gladoù)

  1. arable land
  2. patrimony, estate
  3. (archaic) territory, country
  4. (archaic) feudal domain

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  Mutation of glad  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular glad c'hlad unchanged klad
plural gladoù c'hladoù unchanged kladoù

Danish

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From Old Norse glaðr.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlað/, [ˈɡ̊læð], [ˈklæð̠˕ˠ]
  • Rhymes: -ad

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glad (neuter glad, plural and definite singular attributive glade, comparative gladere, superlative (predicative) gladest, superlative (attributive) gladeste)

  1. happy, glad

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch glat, from Old Dutch *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

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glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)

  1. smooth, polished
  2. slippery

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Declension of glad
uninflected glad
inflected gladde
comparative gladder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial glad gladder het gladst
het gladste
indefinite m./f. sing. gladde gladdere gladste
n. sing. glad gladder gladste
plural gladde gladdere gladste
definite gladde gladdere gladste
partitive glads gladders —

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: glati
  • Negerhollands: glat
  • → Aukan: gaata
  • → Papiamentu: glad (dated)

Adverb

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glad

  1. completely, entirely (mostly along with verbs and adjective with a negative meaning)

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The usage as an adverb is highly restricted to verbs such as vergeten (“to forget”) and bederven (“to spoil, to rot”) and adjectives such as mis (“wrong, incorrect”) and verkeerd (“wrong, incorrect”).

Middle English

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From Old English glæd, from Proto-West Germanic *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

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glad

  1. joyful, merry, happy

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse glaðr.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɽɑː/, /ɡlɑː/

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glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladere, indefinite superlative gladest, definite superlative gladeste)

  1. happy, glad

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse glaðr. Akin to English glad.

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glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladare, indefinite superlative gladast, definite superlative gladaste)

  1. happy, glad

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Old English

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glād

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of glīdan

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

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glad

  1. glad

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Positive forms of glad
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative glad glade, glada glad glada glad glad, glada
accusative gladan, gladen glada, glade glada glada glad glad, glada
genitive glades, gladas gladaro, gladoro, gladero gladara, gladaro gladaro, gladoro, gladero glades, gladas gladaro, gladoro, gladero
dative gladumu, gladum, gladun, gladun, gladon, gladen, gladan gladun, gladon, gladum gladaro, gladaru, gladara gladun, gladon gladumu, gladum, gladun, gladun, gladon, gladen, gladan gladun, gladon, gladum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative glado, glada gladon, gladun glada, glade gladon, gladun, gladan glada, glade gladon, gladun
accusative gladon, gladan gladon, gladun gladun, gladon, gladan gladon, gladun, gladan glada, glade gladon, gladun
genitive gladen, gladan gladono, gladeno gladun, gladan, gladen gladono gladen, gladan gladono, gladeno
dative gladon, gladen, gladan gladon, gladun gladun, gladan gladon, gladun gladon, gladen, gladan gladon, gladun


Comparative forms of glad (weak only)
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gladoro, gladora gladoron, gladorun gladora, gladore gladoron, gladorun, gladoran gladora, gladore gladoron, gladorun
accusative gladoron, gladoran gladoron, gladorun gladorun, gladoron, gladoran gladoron, gladorun, gladoran gladora, gladore gladoron, gladorun
genitive gladoren, gladoran gladorono, gladoreno gladorun, gladoran, gladoren gladorono gladoren, gladoran gladorono, gladoreno
dative gladoron, gladoren, gladoran gladoron, gladorun gladorun, gladoran gladoron, gladorun gladoron, gladoren, gladoran gladoron, gladorun


Superlative forms of glad
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gladost gladoste, gladosta gladost gladosta gladost gladost, gladosta
accusative gladostan, gladosten gladosta, gladoste gladosta gladosta gladost gladost, gladosta
genitive gladostes, gladostas gladostaro, gladostoro, gladostero gladostara, gladostaro gladostaro, gladostoro, gladostero gladostes, gladostas gladostaro, gladostoro, gladostero
dative gladostumu, gladostum, gladostun, gladostun, gladoston, gladosten, gladostan gladostun, gladoston, gladostum gladostaro, gladostaru, gladostara gladostun, gladoston gladostumu, gladostum, gladostun, gladostun, gladoston, gladosten, gladostan gladostun, gladoston, gladostum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gladosto, gladosta gladoston, gladostun gladosta, gladoste gladoston, gladostun, gladostan gladosta, gladoste gladoston, gladostun
accusative gladoston, gladostan gladoston, gladostun gladostun, gladoston, gladostan gladoston, gladostun, gladostan gladosta, gladoste gladoston, gladostun
genitive gladosten, gladostan gladostono, gladosteno gladostun, gladostan, gladosten gladostono gladosten, gladostan gladostono, gladosteno
dative gladoston, gladosten, gladostan gladoston, gladostun gladostun, gladostan gladoston, gladostun gladoston, gladosten, gladostan gladoston, gladostun


Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

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glȃd f (Cyrillic spelling гла̑д)

  1. hunger
    (T)ko radi, ne boji se gladi. ― Who works, fears hunger not.

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Declension of glad
singular plural
nominative glad gladi
genitive gladi gladi
dative gladi gladima
accusative glad gladi
vocative gladi gladi
locative gladi gladima
instrumental glađu / gladi gladima

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  • “glad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȏldъ.

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glȃd m inan

  1. hunger
    Synonym: lakota

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  • “glad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “glad”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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en glad smiley som ler [a happy smiley smiling]

Etymology

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From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”).

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Adjective

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glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

  1. happy, glad (feeling or causing happiness)
    Antonym: ledsen
    Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa den gulliga kaninen och fick en stor glass
    I was [became] happy when I got to pet the cute rabbit and got a big ice cream
    De blev glada när laget de hejade på vann
    They were [became] happy when the team they were rooting for won
    vara på glatt humör
    be in a happy mood
    en glad nyhet
    a piece of happy news
    glad och ledsen
    happy and sad
  2. (somewhat colloquial, with i (“in”)) fond of
    Near-synonym: svår på
    vara glad i kvinnor / sprit
    be fond of women / alcohol [liquor]
    Jag är glad i dig
    I am fond of you [implies romantically]

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Inflection of glad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular glad gladare gladast
Neuter singular glatt gladare gladast
Plural glada gladare gladast
Masculine plural3 glade gladare gladast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 glade gladare gladaste
All glada gladare gladaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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