город

RussianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old East Slavic го́родъ (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Doublet of град (grad), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡorət]
  • (file)

NounEdit

го́род (górodm inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural города́, genitive plural городо́в, relational adjective городско́й, diminutive городо́к, pejorative городи́шко)

  1. city, town
    за́ городом / за го́родомgorodom / za górodomoutside the city / out of town / in the countryside
  2. downtown

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Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Skolt Sami: gåårad
  • Southern Yukaghir: гоорот (gōrot)
  • Yakut: куорат (kuorat)
  • Ossetian: горӕт (goræt)

UkrainianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Ukrainian городъ m (horod), from Old East Slavic го́родъ m (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ m, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas m, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os.

PronunciationEdit

  • го́род: IPA(key): [ˈɦɔrɔd]
  • горо́д: IPA(key): [ɦɔˈrɔd]
  • (file)

NounEdit

го́род (hórodm inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural городи́, genitive plural городі́в, relational adjective городськи́й)

  1. (rare) walled town, city, citadel
    Synonyms: (city, town) мі́сто (místo), (citadel) цитаде́ль (cytadélʹ)

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NounEdit

горо́д (horódm inan (genitive горо́ду, nominative plural горо́ди, genitive plural горо́дів, relational adjective горо́дній, diminutive горо́дик)

  1. vegetable garden

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