госпожа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian госпожа (gospoža), replacing earlier Old Church Slavonic госпожда (gospožda) and Middle Bulgarian господжа (gospodža). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gospoďa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡospoˈʒa̟]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ʒa
• Syllabification^(key): го‧спо‧жа
• Hyphenation^(key): гос‧по‧жа

Noun

госпожа́ • (gospožá) f (masculine господи́н)

1. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): lady (a polite term referring to a woman)
2. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): Mrs (title before woman's name)
3. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): madam, ma'am (polite term of address to a woman)
4. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): female teacher, lecturer or instructor

   Госпожа́та по матема́тика ка́за, че утре ще пра́вим пи́смено.

   Gospožáta po matemátika káza, če utre šte právim písmeno.

   The math teacher said that we will be doing a test tommorow.

5. (dialectal) lady, mistress (the mistress of a household of servants or a manor)

   Synonym: господа́рка (gospodárka)

Declension

Declension of госпожа́

	singular	plural
indefinite	госпожа́ gospožá	госпо́жи gospóži
definite	госпожа́та gospožáta	госпо́жите gospóžite
vocative form	госпо́жо, госпожа́, госпо́же1, госпо́жа2 gospóžo, gospožá, gospóže1, gospóža2	госпо́жи gospóži

¹Archaic.
²Archaic or dialectal.

References

• “госпожа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “госпожа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “господ; госпожа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 267

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gospoďa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəspɐˈʐa]

• Audio:

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Noun

госпожа́ • (gospožá) f anim (genitive госпожи́, nominative plural госпожи́, genitive plural госпо́ж, male equivalent господи́н)

1. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): lady, gentlewoman, dame (a woman of a high rank or position)
2. (formal, term of address) madam, ma'am, Mrs., Miss (polite, formal term of address for a woman)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) г-жа (g-ža)

3. lady, mistress (the mistress of a household of servants or a manor)

   Synonyms: хозя́йка (xozjájka), (historical) ба́рыня (bárynja)

4. (BDSM) mistress (term of address by a submissive partner to a dominant woman)

Declension

Declension of госпожа́ (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	госпожа́ gospožá	госпожи́ gospoží
genitive	госпожи́ gospoží	госпо́ж△ gospóž△
dative	госпоже́ gospožé	госпожа́м gospožám
accusative	госпожу́ gospožú	госпо́ж△ gospóž△
instrumental	госпожо́й, госпожо́ю gospožój, gospožóju	госпожа́ми gospožámi
prepositional	госпоже́ gospožé	госпожа́х gospožáx

^△ Irregular.

Pre-reform declension of госпожа́ (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	госпожа́ gospožá	госпожи́ gospoží
genitive	госпожи́ gospoží	госпо́жъ△ gospóž△
dative	госпожѣ́ gospožě́	госпожа́мъ gospožám
accusative	госпожу́ gospožú	госпо́жъ△ gospóž△
instrumental	госпожо́й, госпожо́ю gospožój, gospožóju	госпожа́ми gospožámi
prepositional	госпожѣ́ gospožě́	госпожа́хъ gospožáx

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• господа́рь (gospodárʹ)
• госпо́день (gospódenʹ)
• господи́н (gospodín)
• госпо́дний (gospódnij)
• госпо́дский (gospódskij)
• госпо́дство (gospódstvo)
• Госпо́дь (Gospódʹ)

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: госпожа (gospoža)