daržas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian dārzs, with further origin outside of Baltic uncertain.

Smoczynski suggests a derivation from dir̃žas (“belt”), which he tentatively derives from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”); one possible cognate is Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge, rim, border”) (whence English target). He also proposes an alternative etymology from a metathesis of the root underlying žárdas (“rack for drying flax”), the latter which is generally thought to be related to gar̃das (“fence, enclosure”).

Noun

dar̃žas m stress pattern 4

1. a vegetable garden

Declension

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