hodina

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hodina, from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”). By surface analysis, hod +‎ -ina[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

hodina f (relational adjective hodinový, diminutive hodinka)

  1. hour
    půl hodiny ― half an hour
  2. o’clock
    Je jedna hodina. ― It's 1 o'clock.
    Jsou dvě hodiny. ― It's 2 o'clock.
    Je pět hodin. ― It's 5 o'clock.
  3. lesson
    v hodině českého jazyka ― during a Czech lesson

Declension

Declension of hodina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative hodina hodiny
genitive hodiny hodin
dative hodině hodinám
accusative hodinu hodiny
vocative hodino hodiny
locative hodině hodinách
instrumental hodinou hodinami

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Upper Sorbian: hodźina

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007) Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Version 1.0 edition, Prague: Leda

Further reading

  • “hodina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “hodina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “hodina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godina. By surface analysis, hod +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣoɟina/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦoɟina/

Noun

hodina f

  1. hour (season, moment, or time)
  2. moment (short period of time)
  3. o'clock
  4. hour (time period of sixty minutes)
  5. (biblical) one of the four parts of the night watch
  6. shift (length of working time)
  7. (in the plural, Roman Catholicism) hours (set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them)
  8. hour (right or correct moment for something)

Declension

Declension of hodina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative hodina hodině hodiny
genitive hodiny hodinú hodin
dative hodině hodinama hodinám
accusative hodinu hodině hodiny
vocative hodino hodině hodiny
locative hodině hodinú hodinách
instrumental hodinú hodinama hodinami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

References

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godina, from *godъ (“specific moment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hodina f (relational adjective hodinový, diminutive hodinka)

  1. hour
    koľko je hodín? ― what time is it?

Declension

Declension of hodina (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativehodinahodiny
genitivehodinyhodín
dativehodinehodinám
accusativehodinuhodiny
locativehodinehodinách
instrumentalhodinouhodinami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hodina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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