warda

See also: Warda

Latin

Alternative forms

• garda, guarda, wardia

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *warda (“watch, watchpost, protection”). Alternatively a back-formation from wardō (“to herd cattle, ward against, guard”), itself from the same Germanic root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ar.da/, [ˈu̯ärd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.da/, [ˈvärd̪ä]

Noun

warda f (genitive wardae); first declension (Middle Latin)

1. guard service, garrison
2. guard, watchman
3. ambush
4. protection
5. reward for protection
6. wardship, guardianship
7. ecclesiastical advocate
8. urban quarter, ward

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	warda	wardae
genitive	wardae	wardārum
dative	wardae	wardīs
accusative	wardam	wardās
ablative	wardā	wardīs
vocative	warda	wardae

Descendants

• Old French: garde, gard, guarde
  • Middle French: garde, warde
    • French: garde
  • Norman: garde (Jersey)
  • → Middle English: garde, guarde, gard
    • English: guard
• Old Northern French: warde
  • → Middle English: warde, ward (partially from Old English weard)
    • English: ward
• Italian: guardia
• Spanish: garda

Maltese

Root
w-r-d
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwar.da/

Noun

warda f (singulative, dual wardtajn or wardtejn, plural urad or uradi or urud or uradijiet, paucal wardiet)

1. singulative of ward

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch wachten.

Verb

warda

1. to wait