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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/godina
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *godъ + *-ina.
Noun
*godina f
- hour
- time
Declension
Declension of *godina (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *godina | *godině | *godiny |
| Accusative | *godinǫ | *godině | *godiny |
| Genitive | *godiny | *godinu | *godinъ |
| Locative | *godině | *godinu | *godinasъ, *godinaxъ* |
| Dative | *godině | *godinama | *godinamъ |
| Instrumental | *godinojǫ, *godinǫ** | *godinama | *godinami |
| Vocative | *godino | *godině | *godiny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гадзі́на (hadzína)
- Rusyn: годи́на (hodýna)
- Ukrainian: годи́на (hodýna)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: година (godina)
- Russian: година (godina)
- Bulgarian: година (godina)
- Macedonian: година (godina)
- Serbo-Croatian: godina
- Old Church Slavonic: година (godina)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hodina
- Kashubian: gòdzëna
- Czech: hodina
- → Upper Sorbian: hodźina
- → Lower Sorbian: góźina
- → Upper Sorbian: hodźina
- Czech: hodina
- Polish: godzina
- Slovak: hodina
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*godina”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172