Meaning of гад | Babel Free

Definitions

1. reptile (a cold-blooded vertebrate)
   animal-not-person, dated, masculine
2. serpent (a snake, especially a large or dangerous one)
   animal-not-person, literary, masculine
3. creep, repulsive person, vile creature, scoundrel, cad, asshole, bastard (a mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person)
   animal-not-person, derogatory, figuratively, masculine

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Examples

“The place I was in was a most delightful cavity, or grotto, though perfectly dark; the floor was dry and level, and had a sort of a small loose gravel upon it, so that there was no nauseous or venomous creature to be seen, neither was there any damp or wet on the sides or roof.”

It was a delightful grotto with a dry and level floor, covered in a sort of a small loose gravel. There were no signs of mold or dampness anywhere, nor any trace of nauseous insects or venomous reptiles.

“Toj čeławiek kazaŭ: treba kniazieŭnu ŭziać, wywiaści za mury i prywiazać da drewa niepadalok ad nary, ŭ katoraj had žywie. Tam Bazylišk z jaje ŭsiu wysmakče kroŭ i pojdzie, skul pryjšoŭ za trydcać hor, za trydcać rek!”

That man said: we ought to take the princess, lead her outside the walls and tie her to a tree near the burrow, where the serpent lives. There, the Basilisk will suck all the blood from her and then go beyond thirty mountains and thirty rivers, back to where it came from!

“I have two brothers: Arthur, my elder, with a soul like to his father's; and Hugh, younger than I, a mean spirit, covetous, treacherous, vicious, underhanded—a reptile.”

I was left with two brothers: Arthur, my elder, with a soul like to his father's; and Hugh, younger than I, a mean spirit, covetous, treacherous, vicious, underhanded—a real scoundrel.

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