[ˈûə̯.d̪ɐs̪]
OriginCognate with Latvian ods, from Proto-Baltic *uodas. Further etymology uncertain, but it may be linked with either Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to bite”) or an o-grade of *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Alternatively, may be cognate with Slavic words for “gadfly” (Czech ovád, Polish owad, Serbo-Croatian ȍbād / о̏ба̄д, Slovene obàd), but these may be from a Slavic formation *ob-vadъ rather than older Balto-Slavic.
Formsúodas(canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-3) · úodas(nominative, singular) · uodai̇̃(nominative, plural) · úodo(genitive, singular) · uodų̃(genitive, plural) · úodui(dative, singular) · uodáms(dative, plural) · úodą(accusative, singular) · úodus(accusative, plural) · úodu(instrumental, singular) · uodai̇̃s(instrumental, plural) · uodè(locative, singular) · uoduosè(locative, plural) · úode(singular, vocative) · uodai̇̃(plural, vocative)