gódy
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See also: gody
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *gody, plural of *godъ (“proper time, holiday”), related to obsolete Dutch gaden (“to fit, correspond”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gódy ? pl
Usage notes
[edit]The meaning ‘unemployment’ is found primarily in the following phrases:
- gódy daś (“to fire”, literally “to give Christmas”)
- gódy dostaś (“to be fired”, literally “to get Christmas”)
- gódy wześ (“to quit, resign”, literally “to take Christmas”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gódy
| plural (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | gódy |
| Genitive | gód |
| Dative | gódam |
| Accusative | gódy |
| Instrumental | gódami |
| Locative | gódach |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gódy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gódy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Categories:
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰedʰ-
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- Lower Sorbian pluralia tantum
- Lower Sorbian euphemisms
- dsb:Christianity
- dsb:Holidays