долгота

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic дългота (dŭlgota, longitude, duration; length), from Proto-Slavic *dьlgota (length), from *dьlgъ (long) + *-ota (-ness). By surface analysis, до́лгий (dólgij) +‎ -ота́ (-otá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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долгота́ (dolgotáf inan (genitive долготы́, nominative plural долго́ты, genitive plural долго́т, relational adjective долго́тный)

  1. (geology, geography) longitude (angular distance)
    Coordinate term: широта́ (širotá)
  2. length (of the day)
  3. (linguistics) phonemic length

Declension

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Further reading

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  • долгота in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru