Parts of speech
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дідусь, gen. дідуся - grandfather, grandad |
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дід - grandfather, also old man дідо, дідунь, дідуньо - grandad (diminutives) |
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дідусів, дідусева, дідусеве - pertaining or relating to a grandfather дідів, дідова, дідове - pertaining or relating to a grandfather or to an old man |
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Additional information
1. this word is used in the name of Дід Мороз, Old Father Frost, in ancient times a personification of winter but, in Soviet (and, for some people, post-Soviet) times, a secular New-Year surrogate for the traditional Святий Миколай, St. Nicholas.
2. дідівщина - the bullying of new army recruits by those towards the end of their military service
Related words
діди (in plural only) - ancestors
дідич - a landowner (historical)
дідух - the wheat sheaf traditionally placed in the corner of a Ukrainian house at Christmas
дідько - devil, demon, evil spirit (not to be confused with дід or дядько!)