cud

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cud"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).

Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cud (countable and uncountable, plural cuds)

  1. The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

cud (third-person singular simple present cuds, present participle cudding, simple past and past participle cudded)

  1. (transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
      Here were two ladies nearly fifty years old, throwing back their heads to sing love songs, nursery songs, hymns, God Save the Queen, Rule Britannia—songs that spilled over the drawing-room as easily as Small's cow songs spilled over the yard, only Small's songs were new, fresh grass snatched as the cow snatched pasture grass. The ladies’ songs were rechews—cudded fodder.
    • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, HarperCollins, published 2009, Part One, Chapter Two:
      […] although the wagon wheels perpetually flung up rivers of red sand, and she travelled in a column of whirling ruddy dust, the sweet perfumes of newly cudded grass mingled with it, mile after mile, as if the four-divided stomachs of the great oxen were filled with nothing but concentrated memories of hours of grazing along the water heavy vleis.

Etymology 2

Shortened form of could.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kʊd/

Verb

cud

  1. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of could.

Anagrams

See also: aktor, aktör, and aktør

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: cud

Noun

cud m inan

  1. miracle

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cud”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cud”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “cud”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czud, czudo, from Proto-Slavic *čudo.

Cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”). The current form is a result of mazuration.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cud m inan

  1. miracle

Declension

Declension of cud
singular plural
nominative cud cuda/cudy
genitive cudu cudów
dative cudowi cudom
accusative cud cuda/cudy
instrumental cudem cudami
locative cudzie cudach
vocative cudzie cuda/cudy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: цуд (cud)

Further reading

  • cud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cud in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “cud(o)”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego (in Polish), →ISBN

Romagnol

Pronunciation

Noun

cud f pl

  1. plural of côda

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English kyte.

Noun

cud m (plural cudiaid)

  1. kite (bird)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cud
radical soft nasal aspirate
cud gud nghud chud

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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