gospa

See also: Gospa

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
  • goſpa (Bohorič alphabet)

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
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔspàː/

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
  • ga.
  • Gospa
  • Gospa Sveta
  • gospȇjin
  • nebeška Gospa

Further reading
  • “gospa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “gospa”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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