# род
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Old Ruthenian родъ (rod), from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rot]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́ду, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural ро́даў)
* (grammar) gender
* (taxonomy) genus

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* ро́дны (ródny)

#### See also

* від (vid, “species”)

### References

* “род” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɔt]

### Noun

род • (rod) m
* tribe
* family, kin
* (grammar) gender
* (taxonomy) genus

#### Derived terms

* роде́я се impf (rodéja se)
* родя́ pf (rodjá, “to give birth”)
* и́зрод (ízrod)
* наро́д (naród)
* срод (srod)
* у́род (úrod)
* родо- (rodo-) (in compounds)
** родолю́бие (rodoljúbie, “patriotism”), родолю́бив (rodoljúbiv)
** родонача́лник m (rodonačálnik), родонача́лница f (rodonačálnica, “ancestor”)
** родооснова́тел (rodoosnovátel, “family founder”)
** родоотстъ́пник (rodootstǎ́pnik, “apostate”)
** родосло́вие (rodoslóvie, “genealogy”), родосло́вен (rodoslóven)
** родозащи́тник (rodozaštítnik, “protector of one's kin”)
* ро́ден (róden)
* ро́дов (ródov)
* родови́т (rodovít)
* ро́дски (ródski)

#### Related terms

* рода́ (rodá, “family”)
** поро́да (poróda, “species”)
** приро́да (priróda, “nature”)
* ро́ди́на (ródína, “fatherland”)
* родни́на (rodnína), роди́ка (rodíka, “relative”)
* ро́дство (ródstvo, “kinship”)

### References

* “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “родъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 83
* Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “род”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 294
* “родъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɔt]

### Noun

род • (rod) m (plural родови, relational adjective родов)
* tribe, family
* race, kind, sort
* fruit
* gender (social & grammatical)

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* родъ (rod) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”), whence English root. Cognates include Latvian rads, Ukrainian рід (rid) and Polish ród amongst others.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rot]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: рот (rot)
* Rhymes: -ot

### Noun

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural роды́, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)
* generation, birth, origin, stock, family, race, tribe, lineage
    о́т роду ― ót rodu ― of age

#### Descendants

* → Kildin Sami: ро̄дт (rōdt)

### Noun

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural рода́, genitive plural родо́в)
* (taxonomy) genus
* sort, kind, genre, style, branch

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

### Noun

род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)
* (grammar) gender, class
    мужско́й род ― mužskój rod ― masculine gender
    же́нский род ― žénskij rod ― feminine gender
    сре́дний род ― srédnij rod ― neuter gender
    о́бщий род ― óbščij rod ― common gender

#### Related terms

* вы́родок (výrodok)
* заро́дыш (zaródyš)
* поро́да (poróda)
* приро́да (priróda)
* роддо́м (roddóm)
* ро́дина (ródina)
* роди́тель (rodítelʹ)
* роди́тельный (rodítelʹnyj)
* родни́к (rodník)
* родно́й (rodnój)
* роднове́рие (rodnovérije)
* родови́тый (rodovítyj)
* ро́ды (ródy)
* ро́дом (ródom)
* родство́ (rodstvó)
* ро́дственник (ródstvennik)
* рожа́ть (rožátʹ), роди́ть (rodítʹ)
* сла́ва ро́ду (sláva ródu)
* сродни́ (srodní)
* уро́д (uród)

### See also

* пол (pol)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rôːd/

### Noun

ро̑д m (Latin spelling rȏd)
* gender
* (botany) genus
* relative, relation
* fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
* family, stock, lineage, kin, race

#### Derived terms

* на́род
* по̀род
* ро̏днӣ
* ро̀довскӣ
* ро̏ђен

### References

* “род”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025