different between gads vs gars

English

Noun

gads

1. plural of gad

Verb

gads

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gad

Anagrams

• S.D. Ga., dags

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gad-, from Proto-Indo-European *g?od-, o-grade of *g?ed- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gad?ties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year”. Since this evolution parallels that of Russian ??? (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Lithuanian gadýn? (“time, period”) (< Belarusian ???????? (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian ??? (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian g?d (“name day, important holiday”).

Noun

gads m (1st declension)

1. year

Declension

Derived terms

• gadsimts
• n?kamgad, n?košgad, šogad, togad

References

Scots

Interjection

gads

1. Expression of disgust

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z/

Noun

gars

1. plural of gar

Anagrams

• ARGs, GRAS, args, rags

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ars/

Noun

gars (uncountable)

1. barley

Descendants

• ? Xhosa: írhási

French

Etymology

From Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/, /?a/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [??]
• (Canada)
• Rhymes: -?

Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. lad, guy

   Synonyms: bougre, mec, type

2. (in the plural) guys (usually all male)

Derived terms

• garce

Further reading

• “gars” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gras

Latvian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ars/

Noun

gars m (1st declension)

1. spirit
2. mind, intellect
3. ghost, spectre

   Synonym: r?gs

4. vapor

Declension

Middle English

Noun

gars

1. Alternative form of gras

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. (Jersey) gander

Old French

Noun

gars m

1. nominative singular of garçon
2. nominative singular of garçun

Descendants

• Portuguese: garoto