garstig

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑrstəx/
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Adjective[edit]

garstig (comparative garstiger, superlative garstigst)

  1. rancid, smelly

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

  • Negerhollands: gastrik, garstig, gastrig

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German garst, from Old High German garst (foul taste), of uncertain origin. -ig 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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʁstɪç/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gars‧tig; pre-1996: gar‧stig

Adjective[edit]

garstig (strong nominative masculine singular garstiger, comparative garstiger, superlative am garstigsten)

  1. rude, nasty, beastly
  2. foul
    • p. 1796, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Wie es euch gefällt[1], translation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, [Act V, scene iv]:
      Reiche Ehrbarkeit, Herr, wohnt wie ein Geizhals in einem armen Hause, wie eine Perle in einer garstigen Auster.
      Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul oyster.

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Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “garstig”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “493-95”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 493-95

Further reading[edit]

  • garstig” in Duden online
  • garstig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache