gódy
See also: gody
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *gody, plural of *godъ (“proper time, holiday”), related to obsolete Dutch gaden (“to fit, correspond”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gódy ? pl
Usage notes edit
The meaning ‘unemployment’ is found primarily in the following phrases:
- gódy daś (“to fire”, literally “to give Christmas”)
- gódy dostaś (“to be fired”, literally “to get Christmas”)
- gódy wześ (“to quit, resign”, literally “to take Christmas”)
Declension edit
Declension of gódy
plural (plurale tantum) | |
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Nominative | gódy |
Genitive | gód |
Dative | gódam |
Accusative | gódy |
Instrumental | gódami |
Locative | gódach |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gódy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gódy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag