# pud
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipped form of pudding.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʊd/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊd

#### Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
* (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: /pʊd/
* Rhymes: -ʊd

#### Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
* (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: /pʌd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

pud (plural puds)
* (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: /puːd/

#### Noun

pud (plural puds)
* 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: [ˈput]
* Hyphenation: pud
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

pud m inan
* instinct, drive
    Sexuální pudy jsou silné ale někdy je prostě láska silnější. ― Sexual impulses are strong but sometimes love is stronger.

#### 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
* “pud”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Old Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /put/
* IPA: (15th CE) /put/

### Noun

pud m animacy unattested
* 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, 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

* pud sześciorny

#### Descendants

* Polish: pud

### References

* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pud”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “pud”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “pud”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “pud”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
   * 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: /ˈput/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈput/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: pud

### Noun

pud m inan (related adjective pudowy)
* (historical) pood (obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg)

#### Derived terms

* 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)
* pood