gardy

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡar.dɘ/
  • Rhymes: -ardɘ
  • Syllabification: gar‧dy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъ̑rdъ. Displaced by hardy, a borrowed doublet. First attested in 1549.

Adjective

gardy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (Middle Polish, Far Masovian) synonym of hardy
    • 1549, M. Rej, Kupiec‎[1], 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]
  2. (Central Greater Poland, Słupca County, Kuyavia, Near Masovian, Far Masovian, Podlachia, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Kielce, Przemyśl, San river, chiefly of animals, sometimes of people) picky (not wanting to eat certain foods)
    Synonym: garny
    Ten koń gardy, byle czego jeść nie chce. (Kujawy)
    This horse is picky, it doesn't want to eat just anything.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gardy f

  1. inflection of garda:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

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