город

Likely borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn го́род (hórod), ultimately from Old East Slavic го́родъ (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Displaced Old Slovak hrad.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrɔt]
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔt
• Hyphenation: го‧род

город (horod) m inan (diminutive городчик, related adjective городски)

1. city

   Synonym: варош (varoš)

   • 2024 December 8, Ол. Живкович, “Виткана зоз eмоцийох”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Нови Сад остал город таки яки ше ми пачи, єдина моя велька любов.

     Novi Sad ostal horod taki jaki še mi pači, jedina moja velʹka ljubov.

     Novi Sad remained the city that I like, my only big love.

• Appears to be much more common than варош (varoš).

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “город”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “city”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 55

• гордо (hordo)

• го́родъ (górod) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic го́родъ (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ. Doublet of град (grad), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorət]

• Audio:

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го́род • (górod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural города́, genitive plural городо́в, relational adjective городско́й, diminutive городо́к, augmentative городи́ще, pejorative городи́шко)

1. city, town

   за́ городом / за го́родом ― zá gorodom / za górodom ― outside the city / out of town / in the countryside

   за́ город / за го́род ― zá gorod / za górod ― to the outside of the city / out of town / to the countryside

2. (colloquial) a bigger part of a city, including downtown and inner city areas; as opposite to suburbs and outskirts

• городско́й (gorodskój)
• горожа́нин (gorožánin), горожа́нка (gorožánka)
• городово́й (gorodovój)
• городни́чий (gorodníčij)

• → Buryat: город (gorod)
• → Imbak Ket: kóleda, kolede, kelet
  • Ket: колет (kɔlet)
  • → Yug: корот (kɔ́rɔt)
• → Ossetian: горӕт (goræt)
• → Skolt Sami: gåårad
• → Southern Yukaghir: гоорот (gōrot)
• → Yakut: куорат (kuorat)

• город in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian городъ m (horod), from Old East Slavic го́родъ m (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ m, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas m, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os.

For the meaning 'vegetable garden', compare Russian огоро́д (ogoród).

• го́род: IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrɔd]
• горо́д: IPA^(key): [ɦɔˈrɔd]

• Audio; “горо́д” (“horód”):

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го́род • (hórod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural городи́, genitive plural городі́в, relational adjective городськи́й)

1. (rare) walled town, city, citadel

   Synonyms: (city, town) мі́сто (místo), (citadel) цитаде́ль (cytadélʹ)

горо́д • (horód) m inan (genitive горо́ду, nominative plural горо́ди, genitive plural горо́дів, relational adjective горо́дній, diminutive горо́дик)

1. vegetable garden

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “город”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “город”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “город”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “город”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)