garagardo

Basque

FWOTD – 7 July 2023

Etymology

First attested in 1896, from garagar (“barley”) +‎ ardo (“wine”), with haplology. Modeled on earlier gararno (literally “wheat wine”), itself probably coined by Manuel de Larramendi in 1745.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾaɡardo/ [ɡa.ɾa.ɣ̞ar.ð̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ardo, -o
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧gar‧do

Noun

garagardo inan

1. beer

   Synonyms: zerbeza (Southern), biera (Northern)

   • 1934, Tene Mujika, Gogo-Oñazeak‎^[1], Tolosa, archived from the original on 2021-09-14, page 22:

     Oraindik amabietara, garagardoa artzeko lain asti ba-degu.

     We have time to drink some beer before noon.

Declension

Declension of garagardo (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	garagardo	garagardoa	garagardoak
ergative	garagardok	garagardoak	garagardoek
dative	garagardori	garagardoari	garagardoei
genitive	garagardoren	garagardoaren	garagardoen
comitative	garagardorekin	garagardoarekin	garagardoekin
causative	garagardorengatik	garagardoarengatik	garagardoengatik
benefactive	garagardorentzat	garagardoarentzat	garagardoentzat
instrumental	garagardoz	garagardoaz	garagardoez
inessive	garagardotan	garagardoan	garagardoetan
locative	garagardotako	garagardoko	garagardoetako
allative	garagardotara	garagardora	garagardoetara
terminative	garagardotaraino	garagardoraino	garagardoetaraino
directive	garagardotarantz	garagardorantz	garagardoetarantz
destinative	garagardotarako	garagardorako	garagardoetarako
ablative	garagardotatik	garagardotik	garagardoetatik
partitive	garagardorik	—	—
prolative	garagardotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• garagardogile (“beer brewer”)
• garagardogintza (“beer brewing”)
• garagardotegi (“beer bar”)

Further reading

• “garagardo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “garagardo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005