довгота

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дългота (dŭlgota), from Proto-Slavic *dьlgota. By surface analysis, до́вгий (dóvhyj) +‎ -ота́ (-otá). Cognate with Belarusian даўгата́ (daŭhatá), Russian долгота́ (dolgotá), Serbo-Croatian дуго̀та, Slovene dołgóta.

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Noun

довгота́ (dovhotáf inan (genitive довготи́, nominative plural довго́ти, genitive plural довго́т)

  1. (geography) longitude
    Antonym: широта́ (šyrotá)
  2. (rare) length

Usage notes

This noun has the count form довготи́ when paired with numbers 2, 3, 4 or numbers higher than 20 ending with 2, 3, 4 (unless they end with 12, 13, or 14).

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