hodina

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoɟɪna/

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Noun

hodina f

1. hour

   půl hodiny - half an hour

2. o’clock

   je jedna hodina

   jsou dvě hodiny

   je pět hodin

3. lesson

Descendants

• → Upper Sorbian: hodźina
  • → Lower Sorbian: góźina

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔɟina/

Noun

hodina f (genitive singular hodiny, nominative plural hodiny, genitive plural hodín, declension pattern of žena)

1. hour

   koľko je hodín? – what time is it?

Declension

Declension of hodina

	singular	plural
nominative	hodina	hodiny
genitive	hodiny	hodín
dative	hodine	hodinám
accusative	hodinu	hodiny
locative	hodine	hodinách
instrumental	hodinou	hodinami

Derived terms

• hodinky f pl

Further reading

• “hodina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024