pud

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pud"

English

Etymology 1

Clipped form of pudding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʊd

Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

1. (colloquial) Pudding (either sweet or savoury). [from 18th c.]

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʊd

Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

1. (slang) Penis. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387:

     Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.

Derived terms

• pudknocker
• pull one's pud

Etymology 3

According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pʌd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pud (plural puds)

2. (dated, colloquial) Child's hand; child's fist.
   • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

     The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːd/

Noun

pud (plural puds)

1. Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”)

References

• “pud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• DUP, PDU, UDP, dup

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈput]
• Hyphenation: pud
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

pud m inan

1. instinct, drive

   Sexuální pudy jsou silné ale někdy je prostě láska silnější. ― Sexual impulses are strong but sometimes love is stronger.

Declension

Declension of pud (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pud	pudy
genitive	pudu	pudů
dative	pudu	pudům
accusative	pud	pudy
vocative	pude	pudy
locative	pudu	pudech
instrumental	pudem	pudy

Derived terms

• pudový

 

See also

• instinkt m

Further reading

• “pud”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “pud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic пудъ (pudŭ). First attested in 1390.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /put/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /put/

Noun

pud m animacy unattested

1. pood (unit of mass rounded off to 16 kg)
   • 1932-1939 [1390], Jan Fijałek, Władysław Semkowicz, editors, Codex diplomaticus ecclesiae cathedralis necnon dioeceseos Vilnensis. Kodeks dyplomatyczny katedry i diecezji wileńskiej‎^[2], volume I, page 31:

     Ecclesiae nostrae cathedrali Vilnensi... duodecim talenta cerae, pud dicta..., damus

     [Ecclesiae nostrae cathedrali Vilnensi... duodecim talenta cerae, pud dicta..., damus]

Derived terms

nouns

• pud sześciorny

 

Descendants

• Polish: pud

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pud”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈput/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: pud

Noun

pud m inan (related adjective pudowy)

1. (historical) pood (obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg)

Declension

Declension of pud

	singular	plural
nominative	pud	pudy
genitive	pudu	pudów
dative	pudowi	pudom
accusative	pud	pudy
instrumental	pudem	pudami
locative	pudzie	pudach
vocative	pudzie	pudy

Derived terms

nouns

• nudy na pudy

 

Further reading

• pud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pud in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pud”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Paweł Kupiszewski (06.04.2021) “PUD”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 427

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пуд (pud).

Noun

pud n (plural puduri)

1. pood

Declension

Declension of pud

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pud	pudul	(niște) puduri	pudurile
genitive/dative	(unui) pud	pudului	(unor) puduri	pudurilor
vocative	pudule		pudurilor