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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech rád, from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈraːt]
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Adjective

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rád (comparative raději or radši, superlative nejraději or nejradši)

  1. glad
    To jsem rád, že jsi přišel.I'm glad you came.

Usage notes

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  • This adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.
  • This word actually agrees with the subject, but in meaning, it essentially describes the verb. It is often mistaken to be an adverb.
  • It is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
    Rád zpíval.He liked singing (literally, He, glad, sang. )
    Raději se předvádí.She likes better to show off.
    Ráda nám pomůže.She'll be glad to help us.
    Co bych udělal nejraději?What would I like to do best?
  • Its common use with the preposition za is usually considered stylistically inappropriate and colloquial. The use of a subordinate clause or the dative case is recommended although the dative case can sound dated.
    Jsem tomu rád. / Jsem rád, že se to stalo.I'm glad about that. / I'm glad it happened.
    Jsem za to rád. (colloquial)I'm glad about that.

Declension

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Declension of rád
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative rád rád ráda rádo
genitive
dative
accusative
locative
instrumental
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative rádi rády rády ráda
genitive
dative
accusative
locative
instrumental

The nominative forms given are short forms.

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Further reading

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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rád

  1. second-person singular of
    Nem szórja rád a homokot.He will not throw sand on you.
    Gondol néha rád?Does she ever think of you?
    Senki sem emlékszik rád.No one remembers you.

Synonyms

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈraːd/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈraːt/

    Adjective

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    rád (comparative radějí, superlative najradějí)

    1. glad
      býti/chtieti rád něčemuto want something
      Velmi rád bych tomu, by...I'd really be glad if...
      Radějí řku.I'll rather say.
      Radějši by to zvolila.She would've rather chosen that.

    Declension

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    Declension of rád (short hard)
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rád ráda rádo
    genitive ráda rády ráda
    dative rádu rádě rádu
    accusative rádinan+anml or
    rádapers+anml
    rádu rádo
    locative rádě rádě rádě
    instrumental rádem rádú rádem
    dual
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative ráda rádě
    genitive
    dative
    accusative ráda rádě
    locative
    instrumental
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rádi rády ráda
    genitive
    dative
    accusative rády ráda
    locative
    instrumental

    Descendants

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    • Czech: rád

    Further reading

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    Old Irish

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Celtic *rādos, from the root Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-.

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    Noun

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    rád m

    1. verbal noun of rádaid
    2. speech, talk, conversation

    Inflection

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    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative rád rádL ráidL
    vocative ráid rádL ráduH
    accusative rádN rádL ráduH
    genitive ráidL rád rádN
    dative rádL rádaib rádaib
    Initial mutations of a following adjective:
    • H = triggers aspiration
    • L = triggers lenition
    • N = triggers nasalization
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    Descendants

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    Mutation

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    Mutation of rád
    radical lenition nasalization
    rád
    also rrád in h-prothesis environments
    rád
    pronounced with /ɾ-/
    rád
    also rrád

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

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    Slovak

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      rád

      1. glad
        To som rád, že si prišiel.I'm glad you came.

      Usage notes

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      • This indeclinable adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.
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      Adverb

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      rád (comparative radšej, superlative najradšej)

      1. like to

      Usage notes

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      • This adverb is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
        Rád spieval.He liked singing.
        Radšej sa predvádza.She likes better to show off.
        Rada nám pomôže.She'll be glad to help us.
        Čo by som urobil nejradšej?What would I like to do best?
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      See also

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      Further reading

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      • rád”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026