род

From Old Ruthenian родъ (rod), from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

• IPA^(key): [rot]

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род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́ду, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural ро́даў)

1. (grammar) gender
2. (taxonomy) genus

• ро́дны (ródny)

• від (vid, “species”)

• “род” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

• IPA^(key): [rɔt]

род • (rod) m

1. tribe
2. family, kin
3. (grammar) gender
4. (taxonomy) genus

• родо- (rodo-) (in compounds)
  • родолю́бие (rodoljúbie, “patriotism”), родолю́бив (rodoljúbiv)
  • родонача́лник m (rodonačálnik), родонача́лница f (rodonačálnica, “ancestor”)
  • родооснова́тел (rodoosnovátel, “family founder”)
  • родоотстъ́пник (rodootstǎ́pnik, “apostate”)
  • родосло́вие (rodoslóvie, “genealogy”), родосло́вен (rodoslóven)
  • родозащи́тник (rodozaštítnik, “protector of one's kin”)

• “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “родъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 83
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “род”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 294
• “родъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

• IPA^(key): [rɔt]

род • (rod) m (plural родови, relational adjective родов)

1. tribe, family
2. race, kind, sort
3. fruit
4. gender (social & grammatical)

• родъ (rod) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”), whence English root. Cognates include Latvian rads, Ukrainian рід (rid) and Polish ród amongst others.

• IPA^(key): [rot]

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• Homophone: рот (rot)
• Rhymes: -ot

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural роды́, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)

1. generation, birth, origin, stock, family, race, tribe, lineage

   о́т роду ― ót rodu ― of age

• → Kildin Sami: ро̄дт (rōdt)

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural рода́, genitive plural родо́в)

1. (taxonomy) genus
2. sort, kind, genre, style, branch

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)

1. (grammar) gender, class

   мужско́й род ― mužskój rod ― masculine gender

   же́нский род ― žénskij rod ― feminine gender

   сре́дний род ― srédnij rod ― neuter gender

   о́бщий род ― óbščij rod ― common gender

• пол (pol)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

• IPA^(key): /rôːd/

ро̑д m inan (Latin spelling rȏd)

1. gender
2. (botany) genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage, kin, race

• “род”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025