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Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Russian осо́ба (osóba) in XIX, from Proto-Slavic *osoba.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
осо́ба • (osóba) f
- (literary) person, personage
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “осо́ба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 942
Russian
Etymology
Initially attested in XVIII, most likely either borrowed from Old Ruthenian осо́ба (osóba, “person, appearance, species, hypostasis”) or Middle Polish osoba (with identical meanings), from Old Polish osoba, from Old Czech osoba, from Proto-Slavic *osoba. [1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
осо́ба • (osóba) f anim (genitive осо́бы, nominative plural осо́бы, genitive plural осо́б)
- person, personage, individual
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “асоба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 178
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “особа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osoba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôsoba/
- Hyphenation: о‧со‧ба
Noun
о̏соба f (Latin spelling ȍsoba)
- person
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian осо́ба (osóba, “person, appearance, species, hypostasis”), most likely from Old Polish osoba, from Old Czech osoba, from Proto-Slavic *osoba.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
осо́ба • (osóba) f pers (genitive осо́би, nominative plural осо́би, genitive plural осі́б)
- person, human being, personage, individual
- 1961, Комуніст України, 6, 52:
Особа невіддільна від суспільства, від колективу, а її сутність являє собою сукупність усіх суспільних відносин.- Osoba neviddilʹna vid suspilʹstva, vid kolektyvu, a jiji sutnistʹ javljaje soboju sukupnistʹ usix suspilʹnyx vidnosyn.
- A person is inseparable from society, from the collective, and its essence is the totality of all social relations.
- (grammar) person
Declension
Declension of осо́ба (pers hard fem-form accent-a о-і)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “асоба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 178
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “особина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 777
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “особа”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “особа”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)