gódy

See also: gody and Gody

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 25 December 2020

Alternative forms

• gody (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gody, plural of *godъ (“proper time, holiday”), related to obsolete Dutch gaden (“to fit, correspond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɨdɨ/, /ˈɡɛdɨ/, (dated) /ˈɡʊdɨ/

Noun

gódy ? pl

1. Christmas
2. (euphemistic) unemployment

Usage notes

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

Declension of gódy

	plural (plurale tantum)
Nominative	gódy
Genitive	gód
Dative	gódam
Accusative	gódy
Instrumental	gódami
Locative	gódach

Derived terms

• gódojski
• gódownica
• gódownicka
• gódownik
• gódowny
• mjazy gódami

 

Further reading

• 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