lad

Etymology
From, from late (attested in Old English personal byname ), probably of  origin. Compare, which may have undergone to mean a term of abuse (e.g.  ,  of lower social status, etc.); thence by   coming to mean any. Compare 🇨🇬 and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and. See also 🇨🇬,, , all said to be related to 🇨🇬,.

Pronunciation

 * (rare)
 * (rare)

Noun

 * 1) A boy or young man.
 * 2)  A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
 * 3) A groom who works with horses.
 * 4)  The penis.
 * 1)  A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
 * 2) A groom who works with horses.
 * 3)  The penis.
 * 1) A groom who works with horses.
 * 2)  The penis.
 * 1) A groom who works with horses.
 * 2)  The penis.
 * 1)  The penis.
 * 1)  The penis.

Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kêrel
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: شَابّ, فَتًى
 * Belarusian: хло́пец
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, junulo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Ingrian: priha
 * Irish: leaid
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: catulaster
 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo: dinééh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ladd
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: де̏чко
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, mládenec
 * Slovene:, dečko
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎓𐎗
 * Ukrainian:, , , ле́ґінь , хлопа́к
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:, мла́ди чове́че
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小伙,
 * Danish: lillemand
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, junger Mann
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: leaid
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: achan, boi, mêt


 * Esperanto: stalisto
 * French:
 * German:
 * Russian: помо́щник ко́нюха
 * Scottish Gaelic: òigear

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) languid, lazy, indolent

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), e.g. truckbed

Noun

 * 1) stable lad; stable hand

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. Akin to.

Noun

 * 1) carrying, bringing, leading
 * 2) way, course
 * 3) passage, watercourse
 * 4) provision, sustenance

Etymology 2
From, formally identical with Etymology 1 above. Akin to 🇨🇬, found in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) excuse (+ genitive for something)
 * 2) apology (+ genitive for something)
 * 3) defense or exoneration (+ genitive against an accusation)

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  wide, broad

Alternative forms

 * - most common usage

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. Akin to.

Noun

 * 1) son
 * 2) menial
 * 3) male sweetheart
 * 1) male sweetheart

Noun

 * 1) heart

Etymology
Borrowed from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) right