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Webster 1913 Edition

(dăd)

Noun.

[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir.

daid

, Gael.

daidein

, W.

tad

, OL.

tata

, Gr.

τάτα

τέττα

, Skr.

tāta

Father; – a word sometimes used by children.

I was never so bethumped with words,
Since I first called my brother’s father

dad

Shakespeare

See also: dad, Dad, DAD, -dad, and dáð

ḍaḍ m ‎(pl iḍuḍan, construct state uḍaḍ)