targa
See also: targă
Estonian
Galician
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰorgʰ- (“edge, seam”): confer Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) and Old High German zarga (“edge, rim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɾɣa̝/
Noun
targa f (plural targas)
Related terms
Italian
Noun
targa f (plural targhe)
- plate, shingle (metal etc)
- nameplate
- number plate / license plate
- plaque
- signboard
Verb
targa
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old Norse targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑrɣɑ/
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old English targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).
Declension
Declension of targa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | targa | targan | tǫrgur | tǫrgurnar |
accusative | tǫrgu | tǫrguna | tǫrgur | tǫrgurnar |
dative | tǫrgu | tǫrgunni | tǫrgum | tǫrgunum |
genitive | tǫrgu | tǫrgunnar | targna | targnanna |
Derived terms
- tǫrgubuklari m (“target-shield”)
- tǫrguskjǫldr m (“target-shield”)
References
- targa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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