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Polish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъ̑rdъ. Displaced by hardy, a borrowed doublet. First attested in 1549.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gardy (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (Middle Polish, Far Masovian) Synonym of hardy.
1549, M. Rej, Kupiec, page r3:Wjrzys będzecz to pomocno Prawda że twe garde ocżj Pokorna myſl na doł tłocżij- [Ujrzysz będzieć to pomocno Prawda że twe garde oczy Pokorna myśl na dół tłoczyj]
- (Kuyavia, Near Masovian, Far Masovian, of animals) picky (not wanting to eat certain foods)
- Alternative form: garny
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡar.dɘ/
- Rhymes: -ardɘ
- Syllabification: gar‧dy
Noun
gardy f
- inflection of garda:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
References
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “hardy, gardy”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gardy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “gardy”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364
- Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “gardy”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 206