"cad" meaning in Somali

See cad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʕɑ́d/, [ˈʡ͜ʢɑ́ʔ͡t] Forms: cád [canonical]
Etymology: Compare with Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”), whence Iraqw /ara (“soot”), Burunge /ada' (“be grey”), Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”). Cognate with Maay ed, Aweer adawa (“white clouds”), Girirra ed, Jiiddu a'yé, Arbore ezzi, Daasanach eđ, El Molo ewe, Oromo adii, Konso at, Afar qidi. Etymology templates: {{cog|cus-sou-pro|*/ada'|t=be grey, be dirty}} Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”), {{cog|irk|/ara|t=soot}} Iraqw /ara (“soot”), {{cog|bds|/ada'|t=be grey}} Burunge /ada' (“be grey”), {{cog|wbj|/ada'|t=be dirty}} Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”), {{cog|ymm|ed}} Maay ed, {{cog|bob|adawa|t=white clouds}} Aweer adawa (“white clouds”), {{cog|gii|ed}} Girirra ed, {{cog|jii|a'yé}} Jiiddu a'yé, {{cog|arv|ezzi}} Arbore ezzi, {{cog|dsh|eđ}} Daasanach eđ, {{cog|elo|ewe}} El Molo ewe, {{cog|om|adii}} Oromo adii, {{cog|kxc|at}} Konso at, {{cog|aa|qidi}} Afar qidi Head templates: {{head|so|adj|head=cád}} cád
  1. white Derived forms: caddaan (english: whiteness), caddee (english: whiten)
    Sense id: en-cad-so-adj-AY-pakRx Categories (other): Somali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Somali entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈʕǽd/, [ˈʡ͜ʢǽʔ͡t] Forms: cä́d [canonical, masculine], cadad [masculine, plural]
Etymology: Cognate with Afar cado. Compare also Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”), Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”). Etymology templates: {{cog|aa|cado}} Afar cado, {{cog|irk|/atlaar|t=fat}} Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”), {{cog|egy|ꜥḏ|t=fat}} Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”) Head templates: {{head|so|noun|plural|cadad|or||f1accel-form=p|f1g=m|f2accel-form=p|g=m|head=cä́d|sort=}} cä́d m (plural cadad m), {{so-noun|g=m|gpl=m|head=cä́d|pl=cadad}} cä́d m (plural cadad m)
  1. meat
    Sense id: en-cad-so-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Somali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Somali entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*/ada'",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-South Cushitic//ada'"
    ],
    [
      "/ara",
      "/ara#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "/ada'",
      "/ada'#Burunge"
    ],
    [
      "/ada'",
      "/ada'#Alagwa"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "adawa",
      "adawa#Aweer"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Girirra"
    ],
    [
      "a'yé",
      "a'yé#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "ezzi",
      "ezzi#Arbore"
    ],
    [
      "eđ",
      "eđ#Daasanach"
    ],
    [
      "ewe",
      "ewe#El_Molo"
    ],
    [
      "adii",
      "adii#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "at",
      "at#Konso"
    ],
    [
      "qidi",
      "qidi#Afar"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cus-sou-pro",
        "2": "*/ada'",
        "t": "be grey, be dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "/ara",
        "t": "soot"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw /ara (“soot”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bds",
        "2": "/ada'",
        "t": "be grey"
      },
      "expansion": "Burunge /ada' (“be grey”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wbj",
        "2": "/ada'",
        "t": "be dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bob",
        "2": "adawa",
        "t": "white clouds"
      },
      "expansion": "Aweer adawa (“white clouds”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gii",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Girirra ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "a'yé"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu a'yé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arv",
        "2": "ezzi"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbore ezzi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsh",
        "2": "eđ"
      },
      "expansion": "Daasanach eđ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elo",
        "2": "ewe"
      },
      "expansion": "El Molo ewe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "adii"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo adii",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kxc",
        "2": "at"
      },
      "expansion": "Konso at",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "qidi"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar qidi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”), whence Iraqw /ara (“soot”), Burunge /ada' (“be grey”), Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”).\nCognate with Maay ed, Aweer adawa (“white clouds”), Girirra ed, Jiiddu a'yé, Arbore ezzi, Daasanach eđ, El Molo ewe, Oromo adii, Konso at, Afar qidi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cád",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "adj",
        "head": "cád"
      },
      "expansion": "cád",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cad"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "whiteness",
          "translation": "whiteness",
          "word": "caddaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "whiten",
          "translation": "whiten",
          "word": "caddee"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "id": "en-cad-so-adj-AY-pakRx",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕɑ́d/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢɑ́ʔ͡t]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cad"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cado",
      "cado#Afar"
    ],
    [
      "/atlaar",
      "/atlaar#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "ꜥḏ",
      "ꜥḏ#Egyptian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "cado"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar cado",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "/atlaar",
        "t": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "ꜥḏ",
        "t": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Afar cado. Compare also Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”), Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cä́d",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "cadad",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "cä́d",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cä́d m (plural cadad m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "cä́d",
        "pl": "cadad"
      },
      "expansion": "cä́d m (plural cadad m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cad"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
      "id": "en-cad-so-noun-WdbWFDH8",
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕǽd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢǽʔ͡t]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cad"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Somali adjectives",
    "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Somali lemmas",
    "Somali masculine nouns",
    "Somali nouns",
    "cy:Military"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "whiteness",
      "translation": "whiteness",
      "word": "caddaan"
    },
    {
      "english": "whiten",
      "translation": "whiten",
      "word": "caddee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*/ada'",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-South Cushitic//ada'"
    ],
    [
      "/ara",
      "/ara#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "/ada'",
      "/ada'#Burunge"
    ],
    [
      "/ada'",
      "/ada'#Alagwa"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "adawa",
      "adawa#Aweer"
    ],
    [
      "ed",
      "ed#Girirra"
    ],
    [
      "a'yé",
      "a'yé#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "ezzi",
      "ezzi#Arbore"
    ],
    [
      "eđ",
      "eđ#Daasanach"
    ],
    [
      "ewe",
      "ewe#El_Molo"
    ],
    [
      "adii",
      "adii#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "at",
      "at#Konso"
    ],
    [
      "qidi",
      "qidi#Afar"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cus-sou-pro",
        "2": "*/ada'",
        "t": "be grey, be dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "/ara",
        "t": "soot"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw /ara (“soot”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bds",
        "2": "/ada'",
        "t": "be grey"
      },
      "expansion": "Burunge /ada' (“be grey”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wbj",
        "2": "/ada'",
        "t": "be dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bob",
        "2": "adawa",
        "t": "white clouds"
      },
      "expansion": "Aweer adawa (“white clouds”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gii",
        "2": "ed"
      },
      "expansion": "Girirra ed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "a'yé"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu a'yé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arv",
        "2": "ezzi"
      },
      "expansion": "Arbore ezzi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsh",
        "2": "eđ"
      },
      "expansion": "Daasanach eđ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elo",
        "2": "ewe"
      },
      "expansion": "El Molo ewe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "adii"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo adii",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kxc",
        "2": "at"
      },
      "expansion": "Konso at",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "qidi"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar qidi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Proto-South Cushitic */ada' (“be grey, be dirty”), whence Iraqw /ara (“soot”), Burunge /ada' (“be grey”), Alagwa /ada' (“be dirty”).\nCognate with Maay ed, Aweer adawa (“white clouds”), Girirra ed, Jiiddu a'yé, Arbore ezzi, Daasanach eđ, El Molo ewe, Oromo adii, Konso at, Afar qidi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cád",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "adj",
        "head": "cád"
      },
      "expansion": "cád",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cad"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕɑ́d/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢɑ́ʔ͡t]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cad"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Somali lemmas",
    "Somali masculine nouns",
    "Somali nouns",
    "cy:Military"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cado",
      "cado#Afar"
    ],
    [
      "/atlaar",
      "/atlaar#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "ꜥḏ",
      "ꜥḏ#Egyptian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "cado"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar cado",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "/atlaar",
        "t": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "ꜥḏ",
        "t": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Afar cado. Compare also Iraqw /atlaar (“fat”), Egyptian ꜥḏ (“fat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cä́d",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "cadad",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "cä́d",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cä́d m (plural cadad m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "cä́d",
        "pl": "cadad"
      },
      "expansion": "cä́d m (plural cadad m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cad"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕǽd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢǽʔ͡t]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cad"
}

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