ljepota

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lijep +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎepǒta/
  • Hyphenation: lje‧po‧ta

Noun

ljepòta f (Cyrillic spelling љепо̀та)

  1. beauty
    • 1551, Marin Darxich, “”, in Piesni Marina Darxichia viedno stavgliene smnosim drvsim liepim stvarmi‎, published 1607, page 14:
      Lip obras, suitloſti ki ſunzu odſiua,
      Araiske liposti lipotom dobiua,
      Lip obraz, svitlosti ki suncu odsiva,
      A rajske liposti lipotom dobiva
      A beautiful visage, which shines back at the Sun,
      And overpowers heavenly beauties with its beauty
  2. a beautiful thing
    ljepota djevojka ― a beautiful girl (literary)
  3. (archaic, poetic) glory, the most beautiful (typically: ljepota od )
    • 1551, Marin Darxich, “Comedia odunda maroia ”, in Stracci di prose e di versi, tolti dalla Komedie di Marino Darscich , published ~1550, page 36r:
      N/ mile ciuo sam daimax gospogiu
      po/ liepotu od suieta
      Niko: Mile, čuo sam da imaš gospođu.
      Pijero: Ljepotu od svijeta!
      Niko: Mile, I've heard you've got a mistress.
      Pijero: The most beautiful in the world!

Declension

Declension of ljepota
singular plural
nominative ljepòta ljepòte
genitive ljepòtē ljepótā
dative ljepòti ljepòtama
accusative ljepòtu ljepòte
vocative ljȅpoto / ljepòto ljepòte
locative ljepòti ljepòtama
instrumental ljepòtōm ljepòtama
Declension of ljepota (archaic accentual pattern)
singular plural
nominative ljepòta ljȅpote
genitive ljepòtē ljepótā
dative ljȅpoti ljepòtama
accusative ljȅpotu ljȅpote
vocative ljȅpoto ljȅpote
locative ljepòti ljepòtama
instrumental ljepòtōm ljepòtama

In the second paradigm, the forms with ◌̏ accent have a non-weakened accent shift: nȁ ljepotu.

Synonyms

References

  • “ljepota”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §287, page 80
  • Даничић, Ђуро (1925) Милан Решетар, editor, Српски акценти, Београд-Земун: Српска краљевска академија, Именице на -а: II,6, page 11
  • Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904–1910), “ļepòta”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 246
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