gódy

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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

  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

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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