See also: gody and Gody

Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gody, plural of *godъ (proper time, holiday), related to obsolete Dutch gaden (to fit, correspond).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɨdɨ/, /ˈɡɛdɨ/, (dated) /ˈɡʊdɨ/

Noun

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gódy pl

  1. Christmas
  2. (euphemistic) unemployment

Usage notes

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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