lads

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lædz/
• Rhymes: -ædz

lads

1. plural of lad
2. (Northern England, Geordie, Ireland) A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
   • 1998, Tom Stoppard., The Real Inspector Hound:

     Me and the lads have had a meeting in the bar and decided it's first-class family entertainment.

   • 2000, Marie Jones., Stones In His Pockets:

     I loved saying lads . . . like I was a comrade . . . like I was one of them ... me and the lads . . . alright lads, eh ... Italy, no problem .

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

• ADLs, ADSL, ALDS, DALs, LDAs, dals

lads n

1. indefinite genitive singular of lad
2. indefinite genitive plural of lad

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús. Cognates include Latvian ledus and Lithuanian ledus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlat͡s]
• Hyphenation: lads

lads m (diminutive ledeņš)

1. ice

• M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 371