glad

gladoù (plural)
glad (singular unmutated)
c'hlad (mutation-soft singular)
klad (mutation-hard singular)
gladoù (plural unmutated)
c'hladoù (mutation-soft plural)
kladoù (mutation-hard plural)

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-.


glad

head

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

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


glad

nl-adj

glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)

gladder (comparative)
gladst (superlative)
glad (adverbial positive predicative)
gladder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het gladst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het gladste (adverbial predicative superlative)
gladde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gladdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
gladste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
glad (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gladder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gladste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
gladde (indefinite plural positive)
gladdere (comparative indefinite plural)
gladste (indefinite plural superlative)
gladde (definite positive)
gladdere (comparative definite)
gladste (definite superlative)
glads (partitive positive)
gladders (comparative partitive)

Berbice Creole Dutch: glati

Negerhollands: glat

→ Aukan: gaata

→ Papiamentu: glad (dated)

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


glad

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


glad

I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.

A wise son maketh a glad father.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 10:1:

Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity.

1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene 2]:

"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."

1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:

Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.

a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day.

1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

(obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.

en-adj

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

gladder (comparative)
more glad (comparative)
gladdest (superlative)
most glad (superlative)

áthas m (as a predicative, usually expressed by a construction with the noun)

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.

cog

New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore


glad

that which gladded all the warrior train

1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

1725, Homer, “Book VII”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

God that glads the lover's heart

1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3:

en-verb

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

glads (present singular third-person)
gladding (participle present)
gladded (participle past)
gladded (past)


glad

Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.

2008, Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer, page 217:


glad

English: glad

Scots: gled, glaid

Yola: glaude

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


glad

head

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

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


glad

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

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

From Old Norse glaðr. Akin to English glad.


glad

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of glīdan


glad

glad (masculine nominative singular strong)
glad (feminine nominative singular strong)
glad (neuter nominative singular strong)
glade (masculine nominative plural strong)
glada (masculine nominative plural strong)
glada (feminine nominative plural strong)
glad (neuter nominative plural strong)
glada (neuter nominative plural strong)
gladan (accusative masculine singular strong)
gladen (accusative masculine singular strong)
glada (accusative feminine singular strong)
glad (accusative neuter singular strong)
glada (accusative masculine plural strong)
glade (accusative masculine plural strong)
glada (accusative feminine plural strong)
glad (accusative neuter plural strong)
glada (accusative neuter plural strong)
glades (genitive masculine singular strong)
gladas (genitive masculine singular strong)
gladara (feminine genitive singular strong)
gladaro (feminine genitive singular strong)
glades (genitive neuter singular strong)
gladas (genitive neuter singular strong)
gladaro (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladoro (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladero (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladaro (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladoro (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladero (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladaro (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladoro (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladero (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladumu (dative masculine singular strong)
gladum (dative masculine singular strong)
gladun (dative masculine singular strong)
gladon (dative masculine singular strong)
gladen (dative masculine singular strong)
gladan (dative masculine singular strong)
gladaro (dative feminine singular strong)
gladaru (dative feminine singular strong)
gladara (dative feminine singular strong)
gladumu (dative neuter singular strong)
gladum (dative neuter singular strong)
gladun (dative neuter singular strong)
gladon (dative neuter singular strong)
gladen (dative neuter singular strong)
gladan (dative neuter singular strong)
gladun (dative masculine plural strong)
gladon (dative masculine plural strong)
gladum (dative masculine plural strong)
gladun (dative feminine plural strong)
gladon (dative feminine plural strong)
gladun (dative neuter plural strong)
gladon (dative neuter plural strong)
gladum (dative neuter plural strong)
glado (masculine nominative singular weak)
glada (masculine nominative singular weak)
glada (feminine nominative singular weak)
glade (feminine nominative singular weak)
glada (neuter nominative singular weak)
glade (neuter nominative singular weak)
gladon (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladun (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladon (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladun (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladan (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladon (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladun (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladon (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladan (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladun (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladon (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladan (accusative feminine singular weak)
glada (accusative neuter singular weak)
glade (accusative neuter singular weak)
gladon (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladun (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladon (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladun (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladan (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladon (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladun (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladen (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladan (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladun (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladan (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladen (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladen (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladan (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladono (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladeno (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladono (feminine genitive plural weak)
gladono (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladeno (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladon (dative masculine singular weak)
gladen (dative masculine singular weak)
gladan (dative masculine singular weak)
gladun (dative feminine singular weak)
gladan (dative feminine singular weak)
gladon (dative neuter singular weak)
gladen (dative neuter singular weak)
gladan (dative neuter singular weak)
gladon (dative masculine plural weak)
gladun (dative masculine plural weak)
gladon (dative feminine plural weak)
gladun (dative feminine plural weak)
gladon (dative neuter plural weak)
gladun (dative neuter plural weak)
gladoro (masculine nominative singular weak)
gladora (masculine nominative singular weak)
gladora (feminine nominative singular weak)
gladore (feminine nominative singular weak)
gladora (neuter nominative singular weak)
gladore (neuter nominative singular weak)
gladoron (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladorun (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladoron (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladorun (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladoran (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladoron (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladorun (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladoron (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladoran (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladorun (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladoron (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladoran (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladora (accusative neuter singular weak)
gladore (accusative neuter singular weak)
gladoron (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladorun (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladoron (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladorun (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladoran (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladoron (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladorun (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladoren (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladoran (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladorun (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladoran (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladoren (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladoren (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladoran (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladorono (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladoreno (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladorono (feminine genitive plural weak)
gladorono (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladoreno (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladoron (dative masculine singular weak)
gladoren (dative masculine singular weak)
gladoran (dative masculine singular weak)
gladorun (dative feminine singular weak)
gladoran (dative feminine singular weak)
gladoron (dative neuter singular weak)
gladoren (dative neuter singular weak)
gladoran (dative neuter singular weak)
gladoron (dative masculine plural weak)
gladorun (dative masculine plural weak)
gladoron (dative feminine plural weak)
gladorun (dative feminine plural weak)
gladoron (dative neuter plural weak)
gladorun (dative neuter plural weak)
gladost (masculine nominative singular strong)
gladost (feminine nominative singular strong)
gladost (neuter nominative singular strong)
gladoste (masculine nominative plural strong)
gladosta (masculine nominative plural strong)
gladosta (feminine nominative plural strong)
gladost (neuter nominative plural strong)
gladosta (neuter nominative plural strong)
gladostan (accusative masculine singular strong)
gladosten (accusative masculine singular strong)
gladosta (accusative feminine singular strong)
gladost (accusative neuter singular strong)
gladosta (accusative masculine plural strong)
gladoste (accusative masculine plural strong)
gladosta (accusative feminine plural strong)
gladost (accusative neuter plural strong)
gladosta (accusative neuter plural strong)
gladostes (genitive masculine singular strong)
gladostas (genitive masculine singular strong)
gladostara (feminine genitive singular strong)
gladostaro (feminine genitive singular strong)
gladostes (genitive neuter singular strong)
gladostas (genitive neuter singular strong)
gladostaro (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladostoro (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladostero (genitive masculine plural strong)
gladostaro (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladostoro (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladostero (feminine genitive plural strong)
gladostaro (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladostoro (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladostero (genitive neuter plural strong)
gladostumu (dative masculine singular strong)
gladostum (dative masculine singular strong)
gladostun (dative masculine singular strong)
gladoston (dative masculine singular strong)
gladosten (dative masculine singular strong)
gladostan (dative masculine singular strong)
gladostaro (dative feminine singular strong)
gladostaru (dative feminine singular strong)
gladostara (dative feminine singular strong)
gladostumu (dative neuter singular strong)
gladostum (dative neuter singular strong)
gladostun (dative neuter singular strong)
gladoston (dative neuter singular strong)
gladosten (dative neuter singular strong)
gladostan (dative neuter singular strong)
gladostun (dative masculine plural strong)
gladoston (dative masculine plural strong)
gladostum (dative masculine plural strong)
gladostun (dative feminine plural strong)
gladoston (dative feminine plural strong)
gladostun (dative neuter plural strong)
gladoston (dative neuter plural strong)
gladostum (dative neuter plural strong)
gladosto (masculine nominative singular weak)
gladosta (masculine nominative singular weak)
gladosta (feminine nominative singular weak)
gladoste (feminine nominative singular weak)
gladosta (neuter nominative singular weak)
gladoste (neuter nominative singular weak)
gladoston (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladostun (masculine nominative plural weak)
gladoston (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladostun (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladostan (feminine nominative plural weak)
gladoston (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladostun (neuter nominative plural weak)
gladoston (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladostan (accusative masculine singular weak)
gladostun (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladoston (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladostan (accusative feminine singular weak)
gladosta (accusative neuter singular weak)
gladoste (accusative neuter singular weak)
gladoston (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladostun (accusative masculine plural weak)
gladoston (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladostun (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladostan (accusative feminine plural weak)
gladoston (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladostun (accusative neuter plural weak)
gladosten (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladostan (genitive masculine singular weak)
gladostun (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladostan (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladosten (feminine genitive singular weak)
gladosten (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladostan (genitive neuter singular weak)
gladostono (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladosteno (genitive masculine plural weak)
gladostono (feminine genitive plural weak)
gladostono (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladosteno (genitive neuter plural weak)
gladoston (dative masculine singular weak)
gladosten (dative masculine singular weak)
gladostan (dative masculine singular weak)
gladostun (dative feminine singular weak)
gladostan (dative feminine singular weak)
gladoston (dative neuter singular weak)
gladosten (dative neuter singular weak)
gladostan (dative neuter singular weak)
gladoston (dative masculine plural weak)
gladostun (dative masculine plural weak)
gladoston (dative feminine plural weak)
gladostun (dative feminine plural weak)
gladoston (dative neuter plural weak)
gladostun (dative neuter plural weak)


glad

glad (masculine nominative singular)
gladu (feminine nominative singular)
glad (neuter nominative singular)
gladanā (accusative masculine singular)
gladā (accusative feminine singular)
glad (accusative neuter singular)
gladas (genitive masculine singular)
gladeʀā (feminine genitive singular)
gladas (genitive neuter singular)
gladumē (dative masculine singular)
gladeʀē (dative feminine singular)
gladumē (dative neuter singular)
gladu (instrumental masculine singular)
gladeʀu (feminine instrumental singular)
gladu (instrumental neuter singular)
gladē (masculine nominative plural)
gladō (feminine nominative plural)
gladu (neuter nominative plural)
gladā (accusative masculine plural)
gladā (accusative feminine plural)
gladu (accusative neuter plural)
gladeʀō (genitive masculine plural)
gladeʀō (feminine genitive plural)
gladeʀō (genitive neuter plural)
gladēm (dative masculine plural)
gladum (dative masculine plural)
gladēm (dative feminine plural)
gladum (dative feminine plural)
gladēm (dative neuter plural)
gladum (dative neuter plural)
gladēm (instrumental masculine plural)
gladum (instrumental masculine plural)
gladēm (feminine instrumental plural)
gladum (feminine instrumental plural)
gladēm (instrumental neuter plural)
gladum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Old English: glæd
Middle English: glad, glade, gladde, glaid, gled
English: glad
Scots: gled, glaid
Yola: glaude
⇒ Middle English: glade, glode, glede
English: glade
Yola: gladès

Old Frisian: gled

Saterland Frisian: glääd

West Frisian: glêd

Old Saxon: glad

Middle Low German: glad, glat

Low German: glad, glatt

Plautdietsch: glaut

Old Dutch: *glad, *glat

Middle Dutch: glat

Dutch: glad

Afrikaans: glad

Old High German: glat
Middle High German: glat
German: glatt
→ Danish: glat
→ Swedish: glatt
→ Norwegian: glatt
→ Esperanto: glata
Ido: glata
Luxembourgish: glat
Vilamovian: głōt
Yiddish: גלאַט (glat)
→ English: glatt


glad

(T)ko radi, ne boji se gladi.

glȃd (canonical feminine)
гла̑д (Cyrillic)
glad (nominative singular)
gladi (nominative plural)
gladi (genitive singular)
gladi (genitive plural)
gladi (dative singular)
gladima (dative plural)
glad (accusative singular)
gladi (accusative plural)
gladi (singular vocative)
gladi (plural vocative)
gladi (locative singular)
gladima (locative plural)
glađu (instrumental singular)
gladi (instrumental singular)
gladima (instrumental plural)


glad

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

en glad nyhet

glad och ledsen

happy, glad (feeling or causing happiness)

vara glad i kvinnor / sprit

Jag är glad i dig

(somewhat colloquial, with i (“in”)) fond of

head

glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

gladare (comparative)
gladast (superlative)
glad (indefinite positive)
gladare (comparative indefinite)
gladast (indefinite superlative)
glatt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gladare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gladast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
glada (indefinite plural positive)
gladare (comparative indefinite plural)
gladast (indefinite plural superlative)
glade (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
gladare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
gladast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
glade (definite masculine positive singular)
gladare (comparative definite masculine singular)
gladaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
glada (definite positive)
gladare (comparative definite)
gladaste (definite superlative)

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”).