город

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gordos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, *ǵʰortós, from base Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to enclose, to grasp”), either directly or possibly via Proto-Germanic *gardaz. Cognate with English yard, garden, gird, Danish gård, Norwegian gard, German Garten, Romanian gard and Albanian gardh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈgorət/

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Noun

го́род (górod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural города́)

1. city, town
2. downtown

Declension

Declension of город

	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

Derived terms

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

See also

• град (grad)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gordos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, *ǵʰortós, from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

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Noun

го́род (hórod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural городи́)

1. walled town, city, citadel
2. vegetable garden

Declension

    declension of город

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

References

• “город” in Ivan Bilodid (editor-in-chief) (1970–1980), Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Dictionary of the Ukrainian language], in 11 vols, Kiev: Naukova Dumka