gospa

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǒːspa/
  • Hyphenation: gos‧pa

Noun

góspa f (Cyrillic spelling го́спа)

  1. (language of literature) lady
  2. Mrs.

Declension

Declension of gospa
singular plural
nominative gospa gospe
genitive gospe gospa
dative gospi gospama
accusative gospu gospe
vocative gospo gospe
locative gospi gospama
instrumental gospom gospama

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gospoďa. There was an irregular contraction (*oďa →) *oja → a; the obsolete form gospoja still retains the regular form (compare with earlier contraction *lìpojǫ → *lìpǭ in instrumental singular a-stem ending).

Pronunciation

Noun

gospá f (male equivalent gospọ̑d)

  1. Mrs
  2. lady
    Synonyms: dama, ga., gospoja, madam, madama, šinjora, šjora
  3. (archaic) female lord, master
    Synonym: gospodarȋca
  4. (archaic, of a servant) female employer
  5. (rare) wife
    Synonym: žéna

Inflection

First feminine declension (a-stem) , long ending accent, irregular endings
nom. sing. gospá
gen. sing. gospẹ́
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		gospá gospẹ́ gospẹ́
genitive
rodȋlnik 		gospẹ́ gospá gospá
dative
dajȃlnik 		gospẹ́, gospẹ́j gospẹ́ma gospẹ́m
accusative
tožȋlnik 		gospọ́ gospẹ́ gospẹ́
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		gospẹ́, gospẹ́j gospẹ́h gospẹ́h
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		gospọ́ gospẹ́ma gospẹ́mi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		gospȃ gospẹ̑ gospẹ̑

Derived terms

Further reading

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