Parts of speech
Nouns |
город gen. городу - kitchen garden, vegetable garden |
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городчик gen. городчика - kitchen garden (diminutive) городець gen. городця - kitchen garden (diminutive) |
Adjectives |
городній - relating to, grown in, a kitchen garden |
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Useful compounds |
городні плоди - vegetable produce садово-городній центр - garden centre |
Additional information
1. both город (as above, note stress on second syllable) and город (an archaic/poetic word for 'town', 'city') are related to о(б)городжувати - to enclose, fence off; their derivation can also be traced to the Latin hortus (garden) and the Greek χόρτος (fence, enclosure); the word город still exists in the names of various Ukrainian towns and cities, such as Миргород and Ужгород
2. in some varieties of Ukrainian город is used to denote a garden in general
2. a children's rhyme: Ходить гарбуз по городу, питається свого роду: 'Ой, чи живі, чи здорові всі родичі гарбузові?' - In the garden Mr. Pumpkin walks, with his relatives he talks: 'How is all the pumpkin clan? Alive and well, all to a man?'
Related words
(о)горожа - enclosure, fence
городити, о(б)городжувати - to enclose, fence
городина - vegetables, greens (see also овочі)
городник - (market) gardener
городництво - vegetable growing
перегородка - dividing wall, partition