bads

bads

1. plural of bad

• ABSD, ADBs, ADS-B, DBAs, DBSA, SDBA, dabs, dbas

bads n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bad

From Proto-Baltic *bádīˀtei (“to pierce, stab”), from the o-grade *bʰodʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to dig; to pierce”) (whence also bēda). The original meaning was probably “that which stings (one's body),” from which “hunger”; cf. related Sanskrit बाधः (bādhaḥ, “difficulty, obstacle”). Cognates include dialectal Lithuanian bãdas.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [bats]

bads m (1st declension)

1. hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)

   mērdēt badā ― to starve (someone), to keep in hunger

   ciest badu ― to starve (lit. to suffer hunger)

   mirt badu, badā ― to die from hunger, in hunger

   novārgt aiz bada ― to perish from hunger

   bada nāve ― death by starvation

   bada cietējs, badacietējs ― hunger-sufferer (= hungry person)

   bada streiks ― hunger strike

   meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekus ― the forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation

   pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņa ― after some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left

2. (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation

   skābekļa bads ― oxygen deprivation

   miega bads ― sleep deprivation

   grāmatu bads ― dearth of books

   audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badā ― the tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)

• badoties

bads

1. indefinite genitive singular/plural of bad

bads

1. past passive indicative of be
2. past passive indicative of bedja