sudd

Borrowed from Arabic سُدّ (sudd, “dam, barrier”).

sudd (plural sudds)

1. (Central Africa) A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the passage of boats.

• floating island

• duds

sudd c or n

1. an eraser (usually for pencils or pens outside compounds)

   Synonyms: (pencil, pen) suddgummi, (pencil, pen) radergummi, (blackboard, whiteboard) tavelsudd

Controversial grammatical gender for pencil and pen erasers. Regions where common gender is widespread sometimes use neuter gender to refer to eraser residue.

sudd c

1. a wad, a pad

sudd n

1. (colloquial) synonym of nattsudd
2. something blurry

• suddig

• “sudd”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sudd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sudd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press (fluid) out”),^[1] in which case cognate with Proto-West Germanic *sauw (“juice”) and Sanskrit सव (savá, “juice (of the Soma)”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siːð/
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

sudd m (plural suddion, not mutable)

1. juice

   Synonym: sug

2. sap

   Synonyms: nodd, bloneg

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sudd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin