Bulgarian

Noun

година • ‎(godína) f

1. year, twelvemonth
2. age

Inflection

Macedonian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic година ‎(godina, “time, hour”), from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ.

Noun

година • ‎(godina) f

1. year

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina.

Noun

година • ‎(godina) f

1. time, suitable time
2. hour

Descendants

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic годъ ‎(godŭ, “time, period”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‎(“to unite, to join, to fit, to be suitable”). Cognates include Ukrainian годi ‎(hodi, “enough”), Bulgarian годе ‎(gode, “ever”), as in кой-годе ‎(koj-gode, “whoever”), Czech hod, Polish gódy ‎(“feast”), Upper Sorbian hody ‎(“Christmas”), Lower Sorbian gódy ‎(“Christmas”), Latvian gads ‎(“year”), German Gatte ‎(“husband”) and gätlich ‎(“convenient”), as well as English gather and good, Dutch goed, and German gut. Descendants include Russian пого́да ‎(pogóda), вы́года ‎(výgoda), уго́да ‎(ugóda), го́дный ‎(gódnyj), and годи́ться ‎(godítʹsja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈdʲinə]

Noun

годи́на • ‎(godína) f inan ‎(genitive годи́ны, nominative plural годи́ны, genitive plural годи́н)

1. time

   годи́на бе́дствий‎ ― godína bédstvij ― a calamitous time

   тяжёлая годи́на‎ ― tjažólaja godína ― hard times

2. (poetic) year

Declension

Related terms

• год ‎(god)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godina. Equivalent to god +‎ -ina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôdina/
• Hyphenation: го‧ди‧на

Noun

го̏дина f ‎(Latin spelling gȍdina)

1. year

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic година ‎(godina, “time, hour”), from Proto-Slavic *godina.

Pronunciation

Noun

годи́на • ‎(hodýna) f inan ‎(genitive годи́ни, nominative plural годи́ни)

1. hour
2. time котра година—"what time is it?" (literally, 'which hour?')

Declension

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “година”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka