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Lower Sorbian
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
- Christmas
- (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”)
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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