Belarusian edit

unit of time
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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *godina. Compare Old Church Slavonic година (godina, time, hour). Other cognates include Ukrainian годи́на (hodýna) and Polish godzina.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɣaˈd͡zʲina]
  • (file)

Noun edit

гадзі́на (hadzínaf inan (genitive гадзі́ны, nominative plural гадзі́ны, genitive plural гадзі́н)

  1. hour (unit of time)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Lithuanian: (obsolete) gadyna, gadynė (time)
  • Lithuanian: adynà
  • Samogitian: gadīnė (time)

Etymology 2 edit

гад (had, creep) +‎ -іна (-ina)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

га́дзіна (hádzinaf animal (genitive га́дзіны, nominative plural га́дзіны, genitive plural га́дзін)

  1. bastard, vile creature
Declension edit

References edit

  • гадзіна” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org