голод

Russian

Etymology

By pleophony from Proto-Slavic *goldъ. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гладъ (gladŭ), Serbo-Croatian glȃd and Polish głód.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolət]
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Noun

го́лод (gólod) m inan (genitive го́лода, uncountable)

  1. hunger
  2. famine
  3. starvation
  4. dearth, shortage

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), голод”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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