badde

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. Conventionally compared to Old English bæddel. See English bad for more.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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badde (plural and weak singular badde, comparative badder, superlative baddest)

  1. wicked, evil, vicious; ill-behaved; disloyal, unfaithful; dishonorable, bad
  2. inferior or poor in quality; unattractive, distasteful; wretched, foul; decayed, rotten; debased, counterfeit
  3. inadequate, unsatisfactory, worthless; inadequately provided, bad off
  4. unfortunate, untoward; unfavorable
  5. diseased, ill; feeble
Descendants
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  • English: bad
  • Scots: bad
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Noun

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badde (uncountable)

  1. evil; wickedness
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Etymology 2

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Unknown; possibly originally a term of affection.

Noun

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badde (plural baddes)

  1. cat (domestic or wild)
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Pite Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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badˈde

  1. ribbon

Inflection

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Even e-stem, dˈd-dd gradation
Nominative badˈde
Genitive badde
Singular Plural
Nominative badˈde badde
Accusative baddev biddijt
Genitive badde biddij
Illative badˈdáj biddijda
Inessive badden biddijn
Elative baddest
baddes
biddijst
biddijs
Comitative biddijn biddij
Essive badˈden

Further reading

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  • badde in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

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  1. ^ Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press, page 39