garstig
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From garst (“rancid or foul taste or smell”) + -ig (“-y”), of uncertain ultimate origin, see German garstig below. There could also be a relation with Old Irish goirt (“sour, bitter”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]garstig (comparative garstiger, superlative garstigst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of garstig | ||||
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uninflected | garstig | |||
inflected | garstige | |||
comparative | garstiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | garstig | garstiger | het garstigst het garstigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | garstige | garstigere | garstigste |
n. sing. | garstig | garstiger | garstigste | |
plural | garstige | garstigere | garstigste | |
definite | garstige | garstigere | garstigste | |
partitive | garstigs | garstigers | — |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German garst, from Old High German garst (“foul taste”), of uncertain origin. -ig Kluge compares Latin fastidium (“disgust, loathing”) or horridus (“rude, rough”),[1] while Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]garstig (strong nominative masculine singular garstiger, comparative garstiger, superlative am garstigsten)
- rude, nasty, beastly
- foul
- p. 1796, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Wie es euch gefällt[1], translation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, [Act V, scene iv]:
- Reiche Ehrbarkeit, Herr, wohnt wie ein Geizhals in einem armen Hause, wie eine Perle in einer garstigen Auster.
- Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul oyster.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of garstig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist garstig | sie ist garstig | es ist garstig | sie sind garstig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | garstiger | garstige | garstiges | garstige |
genitive | garstigen | garstiger | garstigen | garstiger | |
dative | garstigem | garstiger | garstigem | garstigen | |
accusative | garstigen | garstige | garstiges | garstige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der garstige | die garstige | das garstige | die garstigen |
genitive | des garstigen | der garstigen | des garstigen | der garstigen | |
dative | dem garstigen | der garstigen | dem garstigen | den garstigen | |
accusative | den garstigen | die garstige | das garstige | die garstigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein garstiger | eine garstige | ein garstiges | (keine) garstigen |
genitive | eines garstigen | einer garstigen | eines garstigen | (keiner) garstigen | |
dative | einem garstigen | einer garstigen | einem garstigen | (keinen) garstigen | |
accusative | einen garstigen | eine garstige | ein garstiges | (keine) garstigen |
Comparative forms of garstig
Superlative forms of garstig
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “garstig”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “493-95”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 493-95
Further reading
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