pardus
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pardus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʰartʏs/
- Rhymes: -artʏs
Noun
pardus m (genitive singular parduss, nominative plural pardusar)
- panther, leopard
Declension
declension of pardus
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pardus | pardusinn | pardusar | pardusarnir |
accusative | pardus | pardusinn | pardusa | pardusana |
dative | pardusi / pardus | pardusnum | pardusum | pardusunum |
genitive | parduss | pardussins | pardusa | pardusanna |
Derived terms
- pardusdýr
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”), probably ultimately an Indo-Iranian borrowing related to Persian پلنگ (“panther”) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.dus/, [ˈpärd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.dus/, [ˈpärd̪us]
Noun
pardus m (genitive pardī); second declension
- pard: a male leopard
- (zoology) other mottled or spotted animals
- brown
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pardus | pardī |
Genitive | pardī | pardōrum |
Dative | pardō | pardīs |
Accusative | pardum | pardōs |
Ablative | pardō | pardīs |
Vocative | parde | pardī |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- camelopardalis, camelopardus
- gattus pardus (cheetah)
- leopardus (leopard)
- pardalis
Descendants
- Asturian: pardu
- → Middle English: parde
- English: pard
- Galician: pardo
- Portuguese: pardo
- Spanish: pardo
See also
- panthera
References
- “pardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pardus 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)
- pardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette