[dàːɾs]
CilmeThis word has the same origin as zārds (“rickstand”) (q.v.), from which it originated by metathesis. The different intonation (dārzs has a falling [àː], while
zārds has a level [āː]) is probably explained by the change in meaning, and may have preceded the metathesis; cf. the intonation change in Lithuanian žárdas (“forked branch, rickstand”), žárdis (“pole”), but žar̃dis (“horse, cattle corral; (arch.) garden”). The meaning change would then have been: “wooden structure” > “fence” > “fenced area” (cf. below zirgu dārzs “horse corral”, and metaphorically also mēness dārzs “moon ring”) > “garden.” Cognates include Lithuanian dar̃žas.
- declension-1, masculinegarden (a piece of land used for growing specific vegetable species, flowers, crops, etc.)
“piemājas dārzs” — backyard garden
“skolas dārzs” — school garden
“sakņu dārzs” — vegetable (lit. roots) garden
- declension-1, masculine, rarea place where wild trees grow in bulk
“Žanis Vītols vēl atceras, cik ļoti dēlam patika liepu dārzs, kas bija tepat pie dravas” — Žanis Vītols still remembers how much (his) son liked the linden garden that was right here by the apiary
- declension-1, masculinegarden, park (a planted area with paths for walking)
“pilsētas dārzi un parki” — a city's gardens and parks
“dārza kafejnīca” — garden cafe
“ainavu dārzs” — landscape garden
- declension-1, masculineenclosure for holding animals, corral, pen
“zirgu dārzs” — horse corral
“koku dārzs” — limber corral (enclosure in a watercourse for floating timber, felled trees)
“tas nebūs aploks, bet vistu dārzs” — that will not be a corral, but (just) a chicken pen
- declension-1, masculinering of light around the moon or the sun
“kad taisās lietus, tad ap mēnesi var redzēt gaišu riņķi: mēness dārzu” — when it is going to rain, then one can see around the moon a bright ring: the moon's enclosure
Formasdārzs(nominative, singular) · dārzi(nominative, plural) · dārza(genitive, singular) · dārzu(genitive, plural) · dārzam(dative, singular) · dārziem(dative, plural) · dārzu(accusative, singular) · dārzus(accusative, plural) · dārzu(instrumental, singular) · dārziem(instrumental, plural) · dārzā(locative, singular) · dārzos(locative, plural) · dārz(singular, vocative) · dārzi(plural, vocative)
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