gards

See also: gärds and gårds

English

Noun

gards

1. plural of gard

Anagrams

• Grads, dargs, drags, grads

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.”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡâɾts]

• Audio:

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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
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)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• garšīgs

Derived terms

• gardums