gods

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑdz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒdz/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gods

1. plural of god

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) So called from the idea of gods (deities) reigning from on high.

gods

1. The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium.

gods pl (plural only)

1. The occupants of the gallery of a theatre.
2. (printing, historical) The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice.

From god (verb).

gods

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of god

• dog's, dogs

From Old Norse góz, a partitive genitive of góðr (“good”). Compare also Norwegian gods, Swedish gods.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡos/, [ˈɡ̊ɔs]

gods n (singular definite godset, not used in plural form)

1. (uncountable) goods, freight, stores
2. (uncountable) property
3. estate

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gods

1. (archaic) genitive singular of god

gōds

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍃

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognates include Latvian gads.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔt͡s]
• Hyphenation: gods

gods m

1. year

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 22

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gōdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to suit, to gather”) from where also gads (“year”).

gods m (1st declension)

1. honor

• godāt (“to honor”)

Root
g-d-s
3 terms

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt͡s/

gods m (plural gdus)

1. Archaic form of gozz.

From Old Norse góz.

gods n (definite singular godset)

1. goods

gods n (definite singular godset, indefinite plural gods or godser, definite plural godsa or godsene)

1. an estate (large area of land under single ownership)

• “gods” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse góz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊts/

gods n (definite singular godset)

1. goods

gods n (definite singular godset, indefinite plural gods, definite plural godsa)

1. an estate (large area of land under single ownership)

• “gods” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse góz.

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gods n

1. (uncountable) goods, freight (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold)
2. (countable) manor, estate
3. (countable) property
4. (uncountable) material

• gjutgods

• gods in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• gods in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)