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gards
gards
Latvian
Etymology
From an old verb *gart (“to heat, to grow hot”), from the same stem as garša (“tatse”) and gars (“spirit; vapor, steam”) (q.v.), with an extra suffix -d. The original meaning was presumably “heated” (e.g., cooked on a fire) > “prepared, ready” > “tasty.”[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡâɾts]
Adjective
gards (def. gardais, comp. gardāks, sup. visgardākais; adv. gardi)
- tasty, delicious (having pleasant taste)
- gards ēdiens ― delicious food
- gardas ogas ― delicious berries
- gards siers ― delicious cheese
- gardas pusdienas ― delicious lunch
- (figuratively) delicious, delightful (causing pleasant feelings)
- gardi smiekli ― delicious, delightful laughter
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of gards
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
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| nominative (nominatīvs) | gards | gardi | garda | gardas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | gardu | gardus | gardu | gardas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | garda | gardu | gardas | gardu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | gardam | gardiem | gardai | gardām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | gardu | gardiem | gardu | gardām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | gardā | gardos | gardā | gardās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “gards”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7