OriginPossibly derived from badýti (“to stab”), perhaps referring to the often-intense pain of hunger pangs. Cognate with Latvian bads (“hunger, famine, starvation, shortage”).
- hunger, starvation, famine, shortage
Formsbãdas(canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-4) · badai̇̃(plural) · bãdas(nominative, singular) · badai̇̃(nominative, plural) · bãdo(genitive, singular) · badų̃(genitive, plural) · bãdui(dative, singular) · badáms(dative, plural) · bãdą(accusative, singular) · badùs(accusative, plural) · badù(instrumental, singular) · badai̇̃s(instrumental, plural) · badè(locative, singular) · baduosè(locative, plural) · bãde(singular, vocative) · badai̇̃(plural, vocative)