город

Russian

Alternative forms

• го́родъ (górod) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gardas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, from base Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, to grasp”), either directly or possibly via Proto-Germanic *gardaz, whence English yard. Cognate with Dutch gaard, gaarde. Doublet of град (grad), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorət]

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Noun

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

1. city, town
2. downtown

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

^△ Irregular.

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, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. (rare) walled town, city, citadel

Noun

горо́д • (horód) m inan (genitive горо́ду, nominative plural горо́ди)

1. vegetable garden

References

• 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