година

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic година (godina, “time, hour”), from Proto-Slavic *godina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈdinə/

Noun

година • (godina) f

1. year, twelvemonth
2. age

See also

• възраст (vǎzrast)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic година (godina, “time, hour”), from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ.

Noun

година • (godina) f

1. year

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina.

Noun

година • (godina) f

1. time, suitable time
2. hour

Descendants

• Bulgarian: година (godina)
• Czech: hodina
• Macedonian: година (godina)
• Polish: godzina
• Russian: годи́на (godína)

• Serbo-Croatian: godina
• Slovak: hodina
• Slovene: godina
• Ukrainian: година (hodyna)

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic годъ (godŭ, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, to join, to fit, to be suitable”). Cognates include Ukrainian годі (hodi, “enough”), Bulgarian годе (gode, “ever”), as in кой-годе (koj-gode, “whoever”), Czech hod, Polish gódy (“feast”), Upper Sorbian hody (“Christmas”), Lower Sorbian gódy (“Christmas”), Latvian gads (“year”), German Gatte (“husband”) and gätlich (“convenient”), as well as English gather and good, Dutch goed, and German gut. Descendants include Russian пого́да (pogóda), вы́года (výgoda), уго́да (ugóda), го́дный (gódnyj), and годи́ться (godítʹsja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈdʲinə]

Noun

годи́на • (godína) f inan (genitive годи́ны, nominative plural годи́ны, genitive plural годи́н)

1. time

   годи́на бе́дствий ― godína bédstvij ― a calamitous time

   тяжёлая годи́на ― tjažólaja godína ― hard times

2. (poetic) year

Declension

Declension of годи́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	годи́на godína	годи́ны godíny
genitive	годи́ны godíny	годи́н godín
dative	годи́не godíne	годи́нам godínam
accusative	годи́ну godínu	годи́ны godíny
instrumental	годи́ной, годи́ною godínoj, godínoju	годи́нами godínami
prepositional	годи́не godíne	годи́нах godínax

Related terms

• год (god)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina. Equivalent to god +‎ -ina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôdina/
• Hyphenation: го‧ди‧на

Noun

го̏дина f (Latin spelling gȍdina)

1. year

Declension

Declension of година

	singular	plural
nominative	година	године
genitive	године	година
dative	години	годинама
accusative	годину	године
vocative	годино	године
locative	години	годинама
instrumental	годином	годинама

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic година (godina, “time, hour”), from Proto-Slavic *godina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

годи́на • (hodýna) f inan (genitive годи́ни, nominative plural годи́ни)

1. hour
2. time котра година—"what time is it?" (literally, 'which hour?')

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “година”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka