город

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Russian город (gorod). Cognate to Yakut куорат (kuorat), etc.

Noun

город • (gorod)

1. city, town

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “город”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN, page 208

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn го́род (hórod), ultimately from Old East Slavic го́родъ (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Displaced Old Slovak hrad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrɔt]
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔt
• Hyphenation: го‧род

Noun

город (horod) m inan (diminutive городчик, relational adjective городски)

1. city

   Synonym: варош (varoš)

   • 2024 December 8, Ол. Живкович, “Виткана зоз eмоцийох”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Нови Сад остал город таки яки ше ми пачи, єдина моя велька любов.

     Novi Sad ostal horod taki jaki še mi pači, jedina moja velʹka ljubov.

     Novi Sad remained the city that I like, my only big love.

Usage notes

• Appears to be much more common than варош (varoš).

Declension

Declension of город (horod)

	singular	plural
nominative	город (horod)	городи (horodi)
genitive	города (horoda)	городох (horodox)
dative	городу (horodu)	городом (horodom)
accusative	город (horod)	городи (horodi)
instrumental	городом (horodom)	городами (horodami)
locative	городзе / городу (horodze / horodu)	городох (horodox)
vocative	городу (horodu)	городи (horodi)

Derived terms

nouns

• городоначалнїк m pers (horodonačalnjik)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “город”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “city”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 55

Anagrams

• гордо (hordo)

Russian

Alternative forms

• го́родъ (górod) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic го́родъ (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Doublet of град (grad), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorət]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

го́род • (górod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural города́, genitive plural городо́в, relational adjective городско́й, diminutive городо́к, augmentative городи́ще, pejorative городи́шко)

1. city, town

   за́ городом / за го́родом ― zá gorodom / za górodom ― outside the city / out of town / in the countryside

   за́ город / за го́род ― zá gorod / za górod ― to the outside of the city / out of town / to the countryside

2. (colloquial) a bigger part of a city, including downtown and inner city areas; as opposite to suburbs and outskirts

Declension

Declension of го́род (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	го́род górod	города́△ gorodá△
genitive	го́рода góroda	городо́в gorodóv
dative	го́роду górodu	города́м gorodám
accusative	го́род górod	города́△ gorodá△
instrumental	го́родом górodom	города́ми gorodámi
prepositional	го́роде górode	города́х gorodáx
locative	городу́* gorodú*

^△ Irregular.
^* Colloquial.

Derived terms

• городско́й (gorodskój)
• горожа́нин (gorožánin), горожа́нка (gorožánka)
• городово́й (gorodovój)
• городни́чий (gorodníčij)

Descendants

• → Buryat: город (gorod)
• → Imbak Ket: kóleda, kolede, kelet
  • Ket: колет (kɔlet)
  • → Yug: корот (kɔ́rɔt)
• → Ossetian: горӕт (goræt)
• → Skolt Sami: gåårad
• → Southern Yukaghir: гоорот (gōrot)
• → Yakut: куорат (kuorat)

Further reading

• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “город”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian городъ m (horod), from Old East Slavic го́родъ m (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ m, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas m, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os.

For the meaning 'vegetable garden', compare Russian огоро́д (ogoród).

Pronunciation

• го́род: IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrɔd]
• горо́д: IPA^(key): [ɦɔˈrɔd]

• Audio; “горо́д” (“horód”):

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Noun

го́род • (hórod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural городи́, genitive plural городі́в, relational adjective городськи́й)

1. (rare) walled town, city, citadel

   Synonyms: (city, town) мі́сто (místo), (citadel) цитаде́ль (cytadélʹ)

Declension

Declension of го́род
(inan hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	го́род hórod	городи́ horodý
genitive	го́рода hóroda	городі́в horodív
dative	го́родові, го́роду hórodovi, hórodu	города́м horodám
accusative	го́род hórod	городи́ horodý
instrumental	го́родом hórodom	города́ми horodámy
locative	го́роді hórodi	города́х horodáx
vocative	го́роде hórode	городи́ horodý

Noun

горо́д • (horód) m inan (genitive горо́ду, nominative plural горо́ди, genitive plural горо́дів, relational adjective горо́дній, diminutive горо́дик)

1. vegetable garden

Declension

Declension of горо́д
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	горо́д horód	горо́ди horódy
genitive	горо́ду horódu	горо́дів horódiv
dative	горо́дові, горо́ду horódovi, horódu	горо́дам horódam
accusative	горо́д horód	горо́ди horódy
instrumental	горо́дом horódom	горо́дами horódamy
locative	горо́ді horódi	горо́дах horódax
vocative	горо́де horóde	горо́ди horódy

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “город”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “город”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “город”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “город”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)