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Image:Zeus Hermitage St. Petersburg 20021009.jpg|thumb|200px|A statue depicting [[Zeus, a Greek god.]]
English
wikipedia|god (word)
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Etymology
From ME., from OE. term|god|langang||supreme being, deity, OHG. term|got|langgoh (a rank of deity), both from the PG. *term||ǥu�a-|ǥu�an, from the PIE. participle *term||ǵhuto-|that which is invoked, from the PIE. root *term||ǵhau-|to call, to invoke or *term||ǵheu-|to pour. Not related to the word term|good.

Noun
en-noun|s

1. A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers.
2. A deity personification|personifying or in charge of a specific matter.

#: w:Poseidon|Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea.

1. A male deity.

#* rfdate Chuck Palahniuk:
#*: When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.

1. A supreme being; God, typically in some particular view or aspect.
2. An idol or representation of a deity.
3. Something or someone particularly revered, worshiped, idealized, admired, or followed.
4. A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
5. An exceedingly handsome man.

Usage notes
The word term|god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; Christian usage shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, term|goddess.

Synonyms
sense|supernatural being with superior powers deity

Derived terms
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God
Goddess
goddess
god-awful
god-child, godchild
godded
godding
god-fearing
god-forsaken
godhead
godhood
god-king, god king
god forbid
goddaughter
rel-mid
godfather
godforsaken
godless
godlike
godliness
godly
godmother
God of the gaps
godparent
godson
godward
ungodly

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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to "god"
demigod
goddess
godhead
rel-mid
godhood
godling
godship
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Slovak: t-|sk|boh|m
Slovene: t+|sl|bog|m
Spanish: t+|es|dios|m
Sumerian: ilu, dingir
Swahili: bwana s, mabwana p (noun 5/6), rabi s/p (noun 9/10)''
Swedish: gud c (m)
Tamil: ��வ�ள� (kaDavuL), த�வன� (dEvan)
Telugu: ద�వ�డ� (daevuDu), ద�వ� (daivaM)
Thai: THchar|�ระ (phr�), THchar|��� (thèhp), THchar|���า��อ (jào phààw)
Turkish: tanrı
Ukrainian: бог#Ukrainian|бог IPAchar|(boɦ) m
Urdu: URchar|د��تا (deot�)
Welsh: t-|cy|duw|xs=Welsh
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Anagrams
dog

See also
top2
agnosticism
apatheism
atheism
deism
divine
henotheism
kathenotheism
gnosticism
mid2
monolatrism
monotheism
pandeism
pantheism
polytheism
Tetragrammaton
theism

Danish

Etymology
From ON.|da term|góðr.

Adjective
infl|da|adjective

1. good

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|goden|godje

1. god#English|god

Related terms
godin

Navajo

Pronunciation
IPA|[kòt]~[kɣʷòt]

Etymology
From Proto-Athabascan *term||-ɢ��t�.

Cognates:
Apachean: Western Apache term||-god, Chiricahua term||-go� <!-- Do these meet CFI? If so, they should be linked to entries, even if missing. -->
Others: Hupa -ɢot�, Mattole -go��, Galice -gʷay�, Chilcotin -gʷ��d, Slavey -gó�, Hare -gó�, Dogrib -gò, Dene Sų�iné -gór, Sekani -gʷ��de�, Dunneza -gʷ�d, Central Tanana -g�d, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo�d, Dena�ina -ɢ�t�, Eyak -ɢuʰd

Noun
-god (inalienable)

1. knee

Derived terms
shigod = "my knee"
bigod = "her/his/their knee"

Category:Navajo nouns

Norwegian

Etymology
From ON.|no term|góðr.

Adjective
no-adj-irreg|bedre|best

1. good

Old English

Etymology 1
From Ger.|ang *term||guða-, from IE.|ang *term||ǵhuto-|invoked; poured, libated, from an original root *term||ǵhau-, *term||ǵhaw�-|call, invoke or term||ǵheu-|pour. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian term||god, Old Saxon term||god (Dutch term|langnl|god), Old High German term|langgoh|got (German term|Gott), Old Norse term|goð, term|guð (Swedish term|gud), Gothic term|scGoth|���. The IE root is also the source of Greek term|scGrek|κα��ᾶ�θαι||extol, boast, Old Irish term|guth||voice, Old Church Slavonic term|scCyrl|з�ва�и|langcu (Russian term|scCyrl|зва��|trzbat�||call).

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=ang|/god/

Noun
infl|ang|noun|plural|godas|g=n

1. A god.

Proper noun
infl|ang|proper noun|g=m

1. The Judaeo-Christian God.

Etymology 2
Ger.|ang *term||g�daz, from IE.|ang *term||ghadh-|to gather, align, match. Cognate with Old Frisian god#Old Frisian|g�d, Old Saxon god#Old Saxon|g�d (Dutch goed), Old High German guot (German gut), Old Norse góðr (Swedish god#Swedish|god), Gothic ����.

Pronunciation
IPA|/go:d/

Adjective
infl|ang|adjective|scLatinx|headg�d

1. good, appropriate, pleasing

Noun
infl|ang|noun|scLatnx|g�d|gn|plural|god

1. good; goodness, benefit, well-being

Slovene

Etymology
From proto|Slavic|god�|langsl. Cognate with Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian term|god, Old Church Slavonic term|год�|langcu.

Noun
infl|sl|noun|gender=m

1. name day

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-god.ogg|audio
IPA|lang=sv|gu�d

Etymology
From ON.|sv term|góðr.

Adjective
sv-adj-reg|2=gott
infl|sv|adjective

1. good; the opposite of evil
2. good; something which tastes pleasant

Derived terms
god dag

Antonyms
;not evil
ond
;pleasant-tasting
äcklig
illasmakande

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lt:god
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sl:god
fi:god
sv:god
ta:god
te:god
vi:god
tr:god
uk:god
vo:god
zh:god

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