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FromProto-Balto-Slavic*gárdas, fromProto-Indo-European*gʰordʰ-os, from*gʰerdʰ-(“to enclose, encircle”).[1]
In the Pskov-Polotsk, North Smolensk and North Vitebsk dialects, a barytone accent paradigm is noted. In the North Pskov dialects it is noted nom.sg.горо́д(goród), gen.sg.горо́да(goróda), dat.sg.горо́ду(goródu), loc.sg.на горо́де(na goróde), instr.sg.за горо́дом(za goródom); in the Tikhvin dialects,в горо́д’е(v goród’e) is noted. In the Pskov monuments, a reflex different from the accent paradigm c is also noted gen.sg.и без Нова горо́да(i bez Nova goróda), dat.sg.к Новоу горо̀ду(k Novu goròdu), loc.sg.в Новѣ горо́дѣ(v Nově goródě).
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gõrdъ | *gōrdà | *gōrdì |
| genitive | *gōrdà | *gōrdù | *gõrdъ |
| dative | *gōrdù | *gōrdòma | *gōrdòmъ |
| accusative | *gõrdъ | *gōrdà | *gōrdỳ |
| instrumental | *gōrdъ̀mь,*gōrdòmь* | *gōrdòma | *gõrdy |
| locative | *gōrdě̀ | *gōrdù | *gõrděxъ |
| vocative | *gorde | *gōrdà | *gōrdì |
*-ъmь in North Slavic,-omь in South Slavic.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gȏrdъ | *gȏrda | *gȏrdi |
| genitive | *gȏrda | *gordù | *gõrdъ |
| dative | *gȏrdu | *gordomà | *gordòmъ |
| accusative | *gȏrdъ | *gȏrda | *gȏrdy |
| instrumental | *gȏrdъmь,*gȏrdomь* | *gordomà | *gordý |
| locative | *gȏrdě | *gordù | *gordě̃xъ |
| vocative | *gorde | *gȏrda | *gȏrdi |
*-ъmь in North Slavic,-omь in South Slavic.