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:(file)
  • 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 14 September 2021, page 22:
      Oraindik amabietara, garagardoa artzeko lain asti ba-degu.
      We have time to drink some beer before noon.

Declension

Declension of garagardo (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive garagardo garagardoa garagardoak garagardook
ergative garagardok garagardoak garagardoek garagardook
dative garagardori garagardoari garagardoei garagardooi
genitive garagardoren garagardoaren garagardoen garagardoon
comitative garagardorekin garagardoarekin garagardoekin garagardookin
causative garagardorengatik garagardoarengatik garagardoengatik garagardoongatik
benefactive garagardorentzat garagardoarentzat garagardoentzat garagardoontzat
instrumental garagardoz garagardoaz garagardoez garagardootaz
innesive garagardotan garagardoan garagardoetan garagardootan
locative garagardotako garagardoko garagardoetako garagardootako
allative garagardotara garagardora garagardoetara garagardootara
terminative garagardotaraino garagardoraino garagardoetaraino garagardootaraino
directive garagardotarantz garagardorantz garagardoetarantz garagardootarantz
destinative garagardotarako garagardorako garagardoetarako garagardootarako
ablative garagardotatik garagardotik garagardoetatik garagardootatik
partitive garagardorik
prolative garagardotzat

Derived terms

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