bråd

See also: braad, brad, Brad, brád, and bráð

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brāþer, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður.

Adjective

bråd (comparative brådare, superlative brådast)

  1. sudden, hasty, busy, full of hurry
    ond, bråd död ― evil and sudden death (i.e. a murder)
    bråda dagar ― busy days

Declension
Inflection of bråd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bråd brådare brådast
Neuter singular brått brådare brådast
Plural bråda brådare brådast
Masculine plural3 bråde brådare brådast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bråde brådare brådaste
All bråda brådare brådaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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