gódy

See also: gody

Lower Sorbian
FWOTD – 25 December 2020

Alternative forms

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 (plural only)

  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
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