garstig
Dutch
Etymology
From garst (“rancid or foul taste or smell”) + -ig (“-y”), of uncertain ultimate origin, see German garstig below. There could also be a relation with Old Irish goirt (“sour, bitter”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑrstəx/
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Inflection
| Inflection of garstig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | garstig | |||
| inflected | garstige | |||
| comparative | garstiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | garstig | garstiger | het garstigst het garstigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | garstige | garstigere | garstigste |
| n. sing. | garstig | garstiger | garstigste | |
| plural | garstige | garstigere | garstigste | |
| definite | garstige | garstigere | garstigste | |
| partitive | garstigs | garstigers | — | |
Descendants
- Negerhollands: gastrik, garstig, gastrig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German garst, from Old High German garst (“foul taste”), of uncertain origin. Kluge compares Latin fastidium (“disgust, loathing”) or horridus (“rude, rough”)[1], while Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaʁstɪç/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gars‧tig; pre-1996: gar‧stig
Adjective
garstig (strong nominative masculine singular garstiger, comparative garstiger, superlative am garstigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of garstig
Comparative forms of garstig
Superlative forms of garstig
Derived terms
- Garstigkeit
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “garstig”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 493-95
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