говедзина

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak hovädzina, from Proto-Slavic *govędina (“ox meat”), from *govędo + *-ina. Cognates include Russian говя́дина (govjádina), Serbo-Croatian говедина／govedina and Slovak hovädina. By surface analysis, *говедо (*hovedo) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦɔvɛˈd͡zina]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: го‧ве‧дзи‧на

Noun

говедзина (hovedzina) f (related adjective говедзинов)

1. (uncountable) beef

   Hypernym: месо (meso)

   печена говедзина ― pečena hovedzina ― roast beef

Usage notes

• Slovak hovädo does not have a cognate in Pannonian Rusyn.

Declension

Declension of говедзина

	singular	plural
nominative	говедзина hovedzina	—
genitive	говедзини hovedzini	—
dative	говедзини hovedzini	—
accusative	говедзину hovedzinu	—
instrumental	говедзину hovedzinu	—
locative	говедзини hovedzini	—
vocative	говедзино hovedzino	—

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “говедзина”, 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) “beef”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36