Adda

See also: adda and addà

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Abdua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda
• Hyphenation: Àd‧da

Proper noun

Adda m

1. a tributary of the river Po in northern Italy

Derived terms

• abduano

Anagrams

• dada

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑd.dɑ/

Proper noun

Adda m

1. a male given name
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisċes cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe.

     And he received, and the king released to him, four priests, who were great and good in both knowledge and their lives, who would baptize and teach his people; and so he returned home again with great joy. The priests were named thusly: Ċedd, Adda, Bete, and Deoma. The latter was of the Scottish people; the others were English.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	Adda	—
accusative	Addan	—
genitive	Addan	—
dative	Addan	—

References

• Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 34, line 19, recorded as "Adda".

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaða/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)ða/

Proper noun

Adda m

1. a male given name from Hebrew אדום (“red”), equivalent to English Adam

Coordinate terms

• Efa (“Eve”)

Derived terms

• Adda ac Efa (“monkshood, early purple orchid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Adda

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Adda	unchanged	unchanged	Hadda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 10