gards

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See also: gärds and gårds

English

Noun

gards

  1. plural of gard

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

gards

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃

Latvian

Etymology

From an old verb *gart (“to heat, to grow hot”), from the same stem as garša (“taste”) and gars (“spirit; vapor, steam”) (q.v.), all from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-, with an extra suffix -d.

The original meaning was presumably “heated” (e.g., cooked on a fire) > “prepared, ready” > “tasty.”[1]

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Adjective

gards (definite gardais, comparative gardāks, superlative visgardākais, adverb gardi)

  1. tasty, delicious (having pleasant taste)
    gards ēdiens ― delicious food
    gardas ogas ― delicious berries
    gards siers ― delicious cheese
    gardas pusdienas ― delicious lunch
  2. (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)
nominative (nominatīvs) gards gardi garda gardas
genitive (ģenitīvs) garda gardu gardas gardu
dative (datīvs) gardam gardiem gardai gardām
accusative (akuzatīvs) gardu gardus gardu gardas
instrumental (instrumentālis) gardu gardiem gardu gardām
locative (lokatīvs) gardā gardos gardā gardās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gards”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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