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) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ar.da/, [ˈu̯ärd̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.da/, [ˈvärd̪ä]

Noun

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

guard service, garrison
guard, watchman
ambush
protection
reward for protection
wardship, guardianship
ecclesiastical advocate
urban quarter, ward

Declension

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

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

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “warda”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1128
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

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)

singulative of ward

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch wachten.

Verb

warda

to wait

[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)