# клада
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klasti.
Some dictionaries distinguish the meanings “to pile, to stack” from “to make fire, to kindle”

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɫɐˈda]

#### Verb

клада́ • (kladá) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кла́дна)
* to stack, to pile, to put together
* to place, to put into a stack
* to make (up), to build (a fire)
* to kindle
    клада огън ― klada ogǎn ― to kindle a bonefire

##### Derived terms

* заклада pf (zaklada), заклаждам impf (zaklaždam)
* кла́вам (klávam) (semelfactive)
* клад (klad), кла́да (kláda) (resultant nouns)
* клада́р (kladár), клада́ч (kladáč) (agent nouns)
* кладен (kladen, adjective)
** кла́дница (kládnica, “oyster mushroom”) (type of mushroom which grows in clumps)
** кладня́ (kladnjá, “pile”)
* клади́во (kladívo, “materials for bonefire”) (dialectal)
* наклада pf (naklada), наклаждам impf (naklaždam)
* подклада pf (podklada), подклаждам impf (podklaždam)
* приклада pf (priklada), приклаждам impf (priklaždam)
* разклада pf (razklada), разклаждам impf (razklaždam) (dialectal)

##### Related terms

* Кладарци (Kladarci), Кладака (Kladaka), Кладово (Kladovo) (toponyms)

#### References

* “клада (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “клада (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1897) “кладѫ́, -е́шь; -дохъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 367
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клада”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 411
* “класти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

### Etymology 2

Deverbal of Etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɫadɐ]

#### Noun

кла́да • (kláda) f
* pyre, stake (pile of materials ready for bonefire)

##### Alternative forms

* клад m (klad)

##### Derived terms

* закла́да (zakláda), закла́дка (zakládka)
* накла́да (nakláda), накла́дка (nakládka)
* покла́да (pokláda)
* прикла́да (prikláda)
* разкла́да (razkláda)

#### References

* “клада¹ (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “клада (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клада²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 411

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolda. Doublet of коло́да (kolóda) (Russian borrowing).
Because of their close meanings and their identical form, this sense is sometimes considered an alternative meaning of Etymology 2. The two, however, are etymologically unrelated.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɫadɐ]

#### Noun

кла́да • (kláda) f (diminutive кла́дица) (obsolescent or dialectal)
* log, block (of wood)
* (dialectal) thick beam of wood which serves as a bridge over a small body of water

##### Derived terms

* прекла́да (prekláda, “supporting beam”) (dialectal)

##### Related terms

* клада́р (kladár, “carpenter”) (dialectal)
* кла́денец (kládenec, “well”) (possibly, if native in origin)

#### References

* “клада² (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Nayden Gerov (1897) “кла́да”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 366
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клада¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 410
* “клада”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

### Anagrams

* далак (dalak)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɫada]

### Noun

клада • (klada) f
* pyre, stake, pile
* log

#### Declension
### References

* клада in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Noun

клада • (klada) f
* collar of wound (as a means of confining a prisoner)

#### Declension
### References

* “клада”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɫadə]

### Noun

кла́да • (kláda) m inan
* genitive singular of клад (klad)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klâda/
* Hyphenation: кла‧да

### Noun

кла̏да f (Latin spelling klȁda)
* log, block (of wood)
* (in the plural) shackle (wooden)
* dunce, dumb person

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “клада”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025