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See also: Mod, MOD, MoD, mód, mōd, möd, mod., and møð

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of English modulus.

Symbol

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mod

  1. (mathematics) modulus
    7 mod 2 = 1

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of English Mobilian Trade.

Symbol

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mod

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mobilian.

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English

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mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)

  1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
    • 1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 25 March 2024:
      It was “Mods” against “Rockers” and the police against both as this quiet seaside town of 28,000 exploded with teen‐age violence during the Easter weekend. [] The “Mods” or “Moderns” wear sharply cut Italian‐style suits and long, pointed “winklepicker” shoes. They ride motor scooters fitted with scores of gleaming accesories[sic].
  3. (informal) Clipping of modification.
  4. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
    Coordinate terms: add-on, DLC, expansion pack
    • 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture[2], Random House, →ISBN:
      Since Doom II, thousands of gamers had begun modifying id's products and making them available for free online. Doom fans would communicate entirely over the Internet to create mods of the game—often never even meeting in person or, for that matter, talking on the phone.
  5. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
    • 2019 October 23, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How Reddit's R/Relationships Subreddit Is Moderated”, in The Atlantic[3], archived from the original on 24 October 2019:
      The mods had a difficult time deciding whether to believe a story about a man who was attracted to his girlfriend only when she was grieving her dead sister, but it stayed up.
    1. (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
      Mods, kill this guy with hammers.
  6. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
    • 1992, Jordan K. Hubbard, “How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?”, in comp.sys.acorn (Usenet):
      I'd like to convert some of the arch[sic] mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
    • 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff; Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture, page 38:
      These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
  7. (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  8. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
    • 1891 November, S. E. Winbolt, “The Schools at Oxford”, in The Atlantic[4], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 October 2022:
      It will thus be seen that, however well a boy may have been trained at school, his time may be amply occupied in preparing for Mods. during his first year and a half of residence at Oxford.
  9. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
    Synonyms: (programming) %, modulus
  10. (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
  11. (politics) Abbreviation of moderate.
    • 2009 April 29, Marc Ambinder, “Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently”, in The Atlantic[5], archived from the original on 10 May 2021, retrieved 25 March 2024:
      Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently [title]
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  • In video gaming, mods are created by end users, whereas such content by the game creators would be called an expansion pack, or DLC.
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Verb

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mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

  1. (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
    Synonyms: trick, trick out
    His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
  2. (video games) To install or create a mod.
    Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.
  3. (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
    I used to mod that forum.
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Adjective

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mod (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of moderate.

Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic mòd.

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    mod (plural mods)

    1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

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      Probably reflecting a Jamaican pronunciation of mad.

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      mod (comparative modder, superlative moddest)

      1. (MTE, slang) Crazy, insane.
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane
        Have you listened to Kendrick's new album? It's absolutely mod!
        • 2022 November 28, @187Caution, Twitter[6], archived from the original on 7 June 2024:
          now mans have to beat uruguay to advance, dec 2nd gonna be the moddest day revenge for 2010
        • 2023 March 10, “original trapstar, caught a leg shot and still took it OT til death”, in Reddit[7], r/Torontology, archived from the original on 7 June 2024:
          What he did was actually mod. Man fuck cancer for real
        • 2024 March 27, “Whyg with a tweet about Zombie (Lane)”, in Reddit[8], r/Torontology, archived from the original on 7 June 2024:
          Ngl this one of the moddest tweets 😭😭
        • 2024 May 7, @leavem3al0ne90, Twitter[9], archived from the original on 7 June 2024:
          Why would Drake orchestrate a shooting and blame it on someone not in this country? Are you mod?? Y'all obsessive discoursing has you paranoid.

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, cognate with English mood, German Mut.

      Noun

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      mod n (singular definite modet, not used in plural form)

      1. courage
      2. mood
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      The sense "mood" is obsolete outside of compounds and a few fixed phrases.

      Declension
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      Declension of mod
      neuter
      gender
      singular
      indefinite definite
      nominative mod modet
      genitive mods modets
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      Etymology 2

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      From Old Norse í mót, i.e. the preposition í (in) + the noun mót (meeting) (compare i møde), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, cognate with English moot.

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      mod or imod

      1. toward, towards; to (physical motion, direction)
        Dette tog kører mod Vanløse.
        This train goes towards Vanløse.
        Peg mod det sted, hvor lyden kommer fra.
        Point towards the place the sound is coming from.
      2. toward, towards; to (physical orientation, facing)
        Hun stillede sig med ansigtet mod havet.
        She stood facing [or with her face towards] the sea.
        Værelset vender ud mod gaden.
        The room faces (toward(s)) the street.
      3. toward, towards; to (temporal motion)
        Han er godt på vej mod de 40 år.
        He's well on his way towards 40 years old.
      4. toward, towards (near in time)
        mod slutningen af aftenentoward(s) the end of the evening
      5. toward, towards; to (as a goal)
        De sigter mod at skabe 10.000 nye job.
        They're aiming to create [or toward(s) creating] 10,000 new jobs.
      6. almost, nearly, close to (in terms of quantity)
        Aktiekursen faldt med hen mod 20 procent.
        The share price fell by close to 20 percent.
      7. against; into (in the opposite physical direction of)
        Antonym: med
        Man må nogle gange svømme mod strømmen.
        One must sometimes swim against the current.
        Intet sejlskib kan sejle lige mod vinden.
        No sailing ship can sail directly against [or into] the wind.
      8. against; to (in physical contact with)
        Han lagde øret mod døren og lyttede.
        He put his ear against [or to] the door and listened.
      9. against, into, with (forceful collision)
        Bilen kørte mod muren.
        The car crashed into [or against] the wall.
        Skibet støder mod isbjerget.
        The ship collided with [or against] the iceberg.
      10. against, versus; on (having as an opponent)
        USA har aldrig formelt erklæret krig mod Irak.
        The US never formally declared war against [or on] Iraq.
        Gårsdagens tenniskamp var Federer mod Nadal.
        Yesterday's tennis match was Federer versus Nadal.
      11. against (in constrast to; inconsistent with; contradicting)
        mod reglerneagainst the rules
        mod sin viljeagainst one's will
      12. at; toward, towards; against (a recipient or target)
        Hans vrede var rettet mod præsidenten.
        His anger was directed at [or against or toward(s)] the president.
        Bogserien sigter mod unge voksne.
        The book series is aimed at [or toward(s)] young adults.
      13. to; toward, towards; with (as an attitude or behavior)
        Synonyms: over for, overfor, ved
        Hun har altid været venlig mod mig.
        She has always been friendly to(ward(s)) me.
        I dag var han meget utålmodig mod mig.
        Today he was very impatient with me.
      14. against (refuting or implicating)
        beviser mod sagsøgteevidence against the defendant
      15. to (a victim)
        Hvordan kunne du gøre sådan en forfærdelig ting mod mig?
        How could you do such a horrible thing to me?
      16. from; against (protection, precaution)
        at skærme sig mod vindento shield oneself from [or against] the wind
        et værn for at beskytte mod onde åndera ward to protect from [or against] evil spirits
      17. for (e.g., as a treatment, cure, or prophylaxis)
        Han tog piller mod smerterne.
        He took pills for the pain.
      18. to; against (comparison)
        Slutresultatet blev 33 mod 17.
        The final score was 33 to 17.
        Fordele og ulemper skal vejes op mod hinanden.
        Advantages and disadvantages must be weighed against each other.
      19. in return for; in exchange for; as compensation for
        Hvad ville du gerne have mod din hjælp?
        What would you like in return for your help?
      20. against (as foreground re: a background)
        i silhuet mod himlensilhouetted against the sky
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      • The two forms, mod and imod, are interchangeable when used as a preposition. In the contemporary language, the shorter form is used about 10 times as much as the longer one. As an adverb, only the longer form is used.

      Italian

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from English mod.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈmɔd/
      • Rhymes: -ɔd
      • Hyphenation: mòd

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      mod (plural mod)

      1. abbreviation of moderatore (masculine gender) or abbreviation of moderatrice (feminine gender): a server or Internet forum moderator
        Synonym: admin
      2. abbreviation of modificazione: a video-game mod
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      Maltese

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Sicilian modu and/or Italian modo, from Latin modus.

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      mod m (plural modi or modijiet)

      1. way, manner
        Synonyms: għamla, manjiera

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      Middle English

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      mod

      1. alternative form of mode (intellect, mood, will, courage, nature)

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      Noun

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      mod n (definite singular modet, uncountable)

      1. (pre-2012) alternative form of mot

      Old English

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *mō-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon mōd, Old Dutch muot (Dutch (ge)moed), Old Norse móðr (anger, grief) (Swedish mod), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, anger, emotion). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek μῶθαι (môthai) and Latin mōs.

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      mōd n

      1. mind
        • Adrian and Ritheus
          Mannes mōd biþ on þām hēafde and gǣþ ūt þurh þone mūþ.
          A person's mind is in the head and goes out through the mouth.
        • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
          Se feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu.
          The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.
        • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
          Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?
          If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?
        Synonym: hyġe
      2. heart, spirit
      3. state of mind, mood
        • The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre
          Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?"
          It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?."
      4. (in poetry and compounds) courage, pride, zeal, or anger
      5. affection
        • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
          Uton lufian ure gebroðra on Godes gelaðunge mid swilcum mōde swa swa ðes cyðere þa lufode his fynd.
          Let us love our brothers in God's church with such affection as that with which this martyr loved his foes.

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      Strong a-stem:

      singular plural
      nominative mōd mōd
      accusative mōd mōd
      genitive mōdes mōda
      dative mōde mōdum

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      • Middle English: mode, mod, mood, moode
        • English: mood
        • Scots: mude, muid

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      Etymology

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      From Latin modus.

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      IPA(key): /ˈmoð/

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      mod m (genitive muid, nominative plural muid)

      1. mode, way, manner
      2. (grammar) mood
        • c.845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 148b7 Wikisource link
          Is tríit as·toascther intṡliucht cach muid.
          Through it the meaning of every mood is expressed.

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      Masculine o-stem
      singular dual plural
      nominative mod modL muidL
      vocative muid modL muduH
      accusative modN modL muduH
      genitive muidL mod modN
      dative mudL modaib modaib
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization

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      Mutation of mod
      radical lenition nasalization
      mod
      also mmod in h-prothesis environments
      mod
      pronounced with /β̃-/
      mod
      also mmod

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

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        Unadapted borrowing from English mod.

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        mod m or f by sense (plural mods)

        1. (historical) mod (person dressed in the mod style)

        Etymology 2

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          Unadapted borrowing from English mod.

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          mod m (plural mods)

          1. (video games) mod (user-created modifications for a video game)
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          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from French mode.

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          mod n (plural moduri)

          1. mode, fashion, style, way
          2. (grammar) mode, mood

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          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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          mȏd m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̑д)

          1. (statistics) mode
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          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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          mȏd m anim (Cyrillic spelling мо̑д)

          1. (sociology) mod (member of a 1960's subculture)
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          mod

          1. genitive dual/plural of modo

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          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈmod/ [ˈmoð̞]
          • Rhymes: -od
          • Syllabification: mod

          Etymology 1

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          Borrowed from English mod, from modern.

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          mod (invariable)

          1. mod (of the 1960s modern style)

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          mod m (plural mods)

          1. mod (1960s modern style)

          Etymology 2

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          Borrowed from English mod, from modification.

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          mod m (plural mods)

          1. mod (an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game)

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          Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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          Etymology 1

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          From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē-.

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          mod n

          1. courage
            Hypernym: kardinaldygd
            • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Fotnot till Salomos vishet 8:7 [Footnote to Wisdom 8:7]”, in Bibel 2000[10], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 4 October 2025:
              måttfullhet och klokhet, rättrådighet och mod. Enligt grekisk filosofi människans förnämsta positiva egenskaper, "de fyra kardinaldygderna".
              temperance and prudence, justice and courage. According to Greek philosophy, man's most positive traits, "the four cardinal virtues".
          2. (in some expressions and as a component of many words) (often positive) state of mind
            Han kände sig illa till mods
            He felt uncomfortable (uneasy, ill at ease)
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          Declension of mod
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite mod mods
          definite modet modets
          plural indefinite
          definite
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          Borrowed from English mod, from modification.

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          mod n

          1. (video games) mod (end user-created modifications)
          2. (Internet) a mod (moderator)
            Synonym: moderator
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          • mod”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
          • mod in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English mod, from modification.

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          mod (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

          1. mod (an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behavior of a video game)

          Turkish

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          Etymology

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          From French mode, from Latin modus.

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          mod (definite accusative modu, plural modlar)

          1. mode
          2. (colloquial) mood
            Synonym: hâletiruhiye

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          Declension of mod
          singular plural
          nominative mod modlar
          definite accusative modu modları
          dative moda modlara
          locative modda modlarda
          ablative moddan modlardan
          genitive modun modların
          Possessive forms
          nominative
          singular plural
          1st singular modum modlarım
          2nd singular modun modların
          3rd singular modu modları
          1st plural modumuz modlarımız
          2nd plural modunuz modlarınız
          3rd plural modları modları
          definite accusative
          singular plural
          1st singular modumu modlarımı
          2nd singular modunu modlarını
          3rd singular modunu modlarını
          1st plural modumuzu modlarımızı
          2nd plural modunuzu modlarınızı
          3rd plural modlarını modlarını
          dative
          singular plural
          1st singular moduma modlarıma
          2nd singular moduna modlarına
          3rd singular moduna modlarına
          1st plural modumuza modlarımıza
          2nd plural modunuza modlarınıza
          3rd plural modlarına modlarına
          locative
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          1st singular modumda modlarımda
          2nd singular modunda modlarında
          3rd singular modunda modlarında
          1st plural modumuzda modlarımızda
          2nd plural modunuzda modlarınızda
          3rd plural modlarında modlarında
          ablative
          singular plural
          1st singular modumdan modlarımdan
          2nd singular modundan modlarından
          3rd singular modundan modlarından
          1st plural modumuzdan modlarımızdan
          2nd plural modunuzdan modlarınızdan
          3rd plural modlarından modlarından
          genitive
          singular plural
          1st singular modumun modlarımın
          2nd singular modunun modlarının
          3rd singular modunun modlarının
          1st plural modumuzun modlarımızın
          2nd plural modunuzun modlarınızın
          3rd plural modlarının modlarının
          Predicative forms
          singular plural
          1st singular modum modlarım
          2nd singular modsun modlarsın
          3rd singular mod
          moddur
          modlar
          modlardır
          1st plural moduz modlarız
          2nd plural modsunuz modlarsınız
          3rd plural modlar modlardır

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          Etymology

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          From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

          Noun

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          mod

          1. face

          Inflection

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          Inflection of mod (inflection type 1/ilo)
          nominative sing. mod
          genitive sing. modon
          partitive sing. modod
          partitive plur. modoid
          singular plural
          nominative mod modod
          accusative modon modod
          genitive modon modoiden
          partitive modod modoid
          essive-instructive modon modoin
          translative modoks modoikš
          inessive modos modoiš
          elative modospäi modoišpäi
          illative modoho modoihe
          adessive modol modoil
          ablative modolpäi modoilpäi
          allative modole modoile
          abessive modota modoita
          comitative modonke modoidenke
          prolative mododme modoidme
          approximative I modonno modoidenno
          approximative II modonnoks modoidennoks
          egressive modonnopäi modoidennopäi
          terminative I modohosai modoihesai
          terminative II modolesai modoilesai
          terminative III modossai
          additive I modohopäi modoihepäi
          additive II modolepäi modoilepäi

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          References

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          • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лицо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[11], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

          Welsh

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          Pronunciation

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          Verb

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          mod

          1. nasal mutation of bod

          Mutation

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          Mutated forms of bod
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          bod fod mod unchanged

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