gads

gads

1. plural of gad

gads

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gad

• S.D. Ga., dags

From Proto-Baltic *gad-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodhʰ-, o-grade of *gʰed- “to unify, to match” (whence also gadīties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year.” Since this evolution parallels that of Russian год (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Lithuanian gadýnė (< Belarusian година (hodúna)) “time, period,” Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ) “suitable time; holiday; year,” Russian, Belarusian год (god) “year,” Upper Sorbian hod, hody “winter holidays,” Czech hod “church holiday,” Polish gody “wedding feast, wedding,” Serbo-Croatian gȏd “name day, important holiday.”[1]

gads m (1st declension)

1. year

• gadsimts
• nākamgad, nākošgad, šogad, togad

gads

1. Expression of disgust