gódy

== Lower Sorbian == === Alternative forms === gody (obsolete) === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *gody, plural of *godъ (“proper time, holiday”), related to obsolete Dutch gaden (“to fit, correspond”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɨdɨ/, /ˈɡɛdɨ/, (dated) /ˈɡʊdɨ/ === Noun === gódy pl Christmas (euphemistic) unemployment ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === 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