Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian hodźina, from Czech hodina, from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (specific moment).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɨʑina/, /ˈɡɛʑina/, (dated) /ˈɡʊʑina/

Noun

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góźina f inan (diminutive góźinka)

  1. hour (60 minutes)

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “góźina”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “góźina”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.