Parts of speech
Nouns |
сад gen. саду - (ornamental) garden, orchard |
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садок gen. садка - garden, orchard (diminutive) садочок gen. садочка - garden, orchard (diminutive) |
Adjectives |
садовий - relating to a garden or orchard, horticultural |
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садковий - relating to a garden or orchard |
Adverbs |
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Verbs |
(по)садити - to plant (also to seat, place) |
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Useful compounds |
у саду - in the garden/orchard ботанічний сад - botanical gardens садово-городній центр - garden centre дитячий садок - kindergarten, nursery |
Additional information
1. сад refers to a place where flowers and fruit are grown, in contrast to город, a kitchen or vegetable garden
2. садити means both 'to plant' and 'to seat' and is etymologically linked to сидіти (to sit); both are derived from the Old Indic sādáyati
3. сад (orchard) was traditionally an important part of Ukrainian village (and, in some cases, urban) homes, where people would go to relax and socialise; it figures in many folk songs and sayings; in this comic song an elderly suitor is wooing a young girl, and trying to entice her, promising her 'і ставок, і млинок, і вишневий садок' (a lake, and a mill, and a cherry orchard) - she refuses him ...
Related words
садівник - gardener, horticulturalist
садівництво - horticulture, fruit production
саджанець - seedling, sapling
садовина - fruit produce
садиба - farmstead, landed estate
осад - sediment, dregs, grounds
посадка - boarding, embarkation; landing (of aircraft)