góźina
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian hodźina, from Czech hodina, from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɨʑina/, /ˈɡɛʑina/, (dated) /ˈɡʊʑina/
Noun
góźina f (diminutive góźinka)
- hour (60 minutes)
Declension
Declension of góźina
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | góźina | góźinje | góźiny |
| Genitive | góźiny | góźinowu | góźinow |
| Dative | góźinje | góźinoma | góźinam |
| Accusative | góźinu | góźinje | góźiny |
| Instrumental | góźinu | góźinoma | góźinami |
| Locative | góźinje | góźinoma | góźinach |
Synonyms
- štunda
Derived terms
- góźinski
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “góźina”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “góźina”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.