Russian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic голодъ (golodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Cognate with Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛ́dhra, desiring greedily).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡoɫət]
  • (file)

Noun edit

го́лод (gólodm inan (genitive го́лода, uncountable, relational adjective голо́дный)

  1. hunger
  2. famine
  3. starvation
  4. dearth, shortage

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References edit

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “gṛ́dhra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0361.

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “голод”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic голодъ (golodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

го́лод (hólodm inan (genitive го́лоду, uncountable)

  1. hunger

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit