warda

See also: Warda

Latin

Alternative forms

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

Noun

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

  1. guard service, garrison
  2. guard, watchman
  3. ambush
  4. protection
  5. reward for protection
  6. wardship, guardianship
  7. ecclesiastical advocate
  8. 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

References
  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)

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)

  1. singulative of ward

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch wachten.

Verb

warda

  1. to wait
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