pardus

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pardus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰartʏs/
  • Rhymes: -artʏs

Noun

pardus m (genitive singular parduss, nominative plural pardusar)

  1. 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

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

Noun

pardus m (genitive pardī); second declension

  1. pard: a male leopard
  2. (zoology) other mottled or spotted animals
  3. 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

Descendants
  • Asturian: pardu
  • → Middle English: parde
  • Galician: pardo
  • → Hungarian: párduc
  • Portuguese: pardo
  • Spanish: pardo

See also

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.
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