duša

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See also: dusa, dúsa, dusā, and Duša

Latvian

Noun

duša f (4th declension)

  1. shower

Declension

Declension of duša (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) duša dušas
accusative (akuzatīvs) dušu dušas
genitive (ģenitīvs) dušas dušu
dative (datīvs) dušai dušām
instrumental (instrumentālis) dušu dušām
locative (lokatīvs) dušā dušās
vocative (vokatīvs) duša dušas

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǔːʃa/
  • Hyphenation: du‧ša

Noun

dúša f (Cyrillic spelling ду́ша)

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. (by extension) individual person or inhabitant
  4. term of endearment; darling, dear

Declension

Declension of duša
singular plural
nominative dúša dȗše
genitive duše duša
dative duši dušama
accusative dȗšu duše
vocative dušo duše
locative duši dušama
instrumental dušom dušama

Related terms

Further reading

  • “duša” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

Noun

duša f (genitive singular duše, nominative plural duše, genitive plural duší, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. inner tube of a tire/tyre

Declension

Declension of duša
singular plural
nominative duša duše
genitive duše duší
dative duši dušiam
accusative dušu duše
locative duši dušiach
instrumental dušou dušami

Further reading

  • “duša”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

Noun

dúša f

  1. soul (the spirit or essence of a person that is believed to live on after the person’s death)

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. dúša
gen. sing. dúše
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dúša dúši dúše
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		dúše dúš dúš
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		dúši dúšama dúšam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dúšo dúši dúše
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		dúši dúšah dúšah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		dúšo dúšama dúšami

Further reading

  • “duša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “duša”, in Termania, Amebis
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