-ота

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Suffix

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-ота (-otaf

  1. Suffix appended to adjectives to create a feminine noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality.
    гроз- (groz-, disgusting) + ‎-ота (-ota) → ‎грозота (grozota, disgustingness)
    добр- (dobr-, good) + ‎-ота (-ota) → ‎доброта (dobrota, goodness)

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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ота́ (-otá)

  1. Suffix appended to adjectives to create a feminine noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality.
    хри́п(лый) (xríp(lyj), hoarse) + ‎-ота́ (-otá) → ‎хрипота́ (xripotá, hoarseness)
    кра́с(ный) (krás(nyj), beautiful) (poetic) + ‎-ота́ (-otá) → ‎красота́ (krasotá, beauty)
    пусто́й (pustój, empty) + ‎-ота́ (-otá) → ‎пустота́ (pustotá, emptiness)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-о́та or -ота (-óta or -ota)

  1. Suffix appended to verbs to create a feminine noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality.
    дрема́ть (dremátʹ, to sleep) + ‎-о́та (-óta) → ‎дремо́та (dremóta, drowsiness)
    лома́ть (lomátʹ, to ache) + ‎-о́та (-óta) → ‎ломо́та (lomóta, aching, pain)
    паха́ть (paxátʹ, to plow) + ‎-ота (-ota) → ‎па́хота (páxota, plowing, plowed field)
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Suffix

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-ота (Latin spelling -ota)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality.

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ота́ (-otáf

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a quality.

Declension

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Derived terms

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