hodina

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hodina, from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦoɟɪna]
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Noun

hodina f

  1. hour
    půl hodiny ― half an hour
  2. o’clock
    Je jedna hodina. ― It's 1 o'clock.
    Jsou dvě hodiny. ― It's 2 o'clock.
    Je pět hodin. ― It's 5 o'clock.
  3. lesson
    v hodině českého jazyka ― during a Czech lesson

Declension
Declension of hodina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative hodina hodiny
genitive hodiny hodin
dative hodině hodinám
accusative hodinu hodiny
vocative hodino hodiny
locative hodině hodinách
instrumental hodinou hodinami

Descendants
  • → Upper Sorbian: hodźina

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2007) Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Version 1.0 edition, Prague: Leda

Further reading
  • hodina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hodina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • hodina in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔɟina/

Noun

hodina f (genitive singular hodiny, nominative plural hodiny, genitive plural hodín, declension pattern of žena)

  1. hour
    koľko je hodín? ― what time is it?

Declension
Declension of hodina
singular plural
nominative hodina hodiny
genitive hodiny hodín
dative hodine hodinám
accusative hodinu hodiny
locative hodine hodinách
instrumental hodinou hodinami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • hodina in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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