župa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zupa"

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“cavity, pit”). Compare Albanian gop (“cunt”), Polish żupa (“mine”), Proto-Germanic *kubô (“shed, hut”) and Ancient Greek γύπη (gúpē, “cave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa

Noun

župa f

  1. (historical) district, region, county
    Synonym: kraj

Declension

Declension of župa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative župa župy
genitive župy žup
dative župě župám
accusative župu župy
vocative župo župy
locative župě župách
instrumental župou župami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “župa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “župa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “župa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa.

Noun

župa f

  1. district, division, chapter

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “župa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“cavity, pit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǔːpa/
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa

Noun

žúpa f (Cyrillic spelling жу́па)

  1. parish (Catholic)
  2. (historical) district, region, county

Declension

Declension of župa
singular plural
nominative župa župe
genitive župe župa
dative župi župama
accusative župu župe
vocative župo župe
locative župi župama
instrumental župom župama

Further reading

  • “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa. The second meaning is a semantic loan from German Gau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa
  • Syllabification: žu‧pa

Noun

župa f

  1. district association
  2. (historical) an administrative unit of the Third Reich

Declension

Declension of župa (feminine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative župa župje župy
genitive župy župow župow
dative župje župomaj župam
accusative župu župje župy
instrumental župu župomaj župami
locative župje župomaj župach
vocative župa župje župy

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

References

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