warda

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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warda f (genitive wardae); first declension[1][2] (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

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative warda wardae
Genitive wardae wardārum
Dative wardae wardīs
Accusative wardam wardās
Ablative wardā wardīs
Vocative warda wardae

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “warda”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1128
  2. ^ warda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maltese

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Root
w-r-d
5 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. singulative of ward

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch wachten.

Verb

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warda

  1. to wait