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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govędina, from *govędo (a head of cattle). By surface analysis, говя́до (govjádo, a head of cattle) +‎ -ина (-ina, suffix denoting a type of meat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɐˈvʲædʲɪnə]
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Noun

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говя́дина (govjádinaf inan (genitive говя́дины, nominative plural говя́дины, genitive plural говя́дин, relational adjective говя́жий)

  1. beef (meat of a cow or bull)

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գավյաձին (gavyajin)