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деспот

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis
Proto-Hellenic *déspotis
Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs)bor.
Bulgarian деспот

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [dɛˈspɔt]
    • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔt
    • Syllabification(key): де‧спот
    • Hyphenation(key): дес‧пот

    Noun

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    деспо́т • (despót) m (feminine деспо́тица or деспо́тка)

    1. (historical) despot, tyrant, satrap
    2. (historical) despot (a title awarded to senior members of the imperial family, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers of vast regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans (13th and 14th centuries))
    3. (figurative) oppressor, tyrant
    4. (historical) bishop
      Synonym: влади́ка (vladíka)
    5. (historical, Christianity) hegumen

    Declension

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    Declension of деспо́т
    singular plural
    indefinite деспо́т
    despót     		деспо́ти
    despóti
    definite
    (subject form)     		деспо́тът
    despótăt     		деспо́тите
    despótite
    definite
    (object form)     		деспо́та
    despóta
    vocative form деспо́те
    despóte     		деспо́ти
    despóti

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    Macedonian

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    Noun

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    деспот • (despot) m (relational adjective деспотски)

    1. despot
    2. (figurative) oppressor, tyrant

    Declension

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    Declension of деспот
    singular plural
    indefinite деспот (despot) деспоти (despoti)
    definite unspecified деспотот (despotot) деспотите (despotite)
    definite proximal деспотов (despotov) деспотиве (despotive)
    definite distal деспотон (despoton) деспотине (despotine)
    vocative деспоту (despotu) деспоти (despoti)
    count form — деспота (despota)

    Russian

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    Noun

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    де́спот • (déspot) m anim (genitive де́спота, nominative plural де́споты, genitive plural де́спотов)

    1. despot
      Synonym: тира́н (tirán)

    Declension

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    Declension of де́спот (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
    singular plural
    nominative де́спот
    déspot     		де́споты
    déspoty
    genitive де́спота
    déspota     		де́спотов
    déspotov
    dative де́споту
    déspotu     		де́спотам
    déspotam
    accusative де́спота
    déspota     		де́спотов
    déspotov
    instrumental де́спотом
    déspotom     		де́спотами
    déspotami
    prepositional де́споте
    déspote     		де́спотах
    déspotax
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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /děspot/
    • Hyphenation: дес‧пот

    Noun

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    дѐспот m anim (Latin spelling dèspot)

    1. despot

    Declension

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    Declension of деспот
    singular plural
    nominative деспот деспоти
    genitive деспота деспота
    dative деспоту деспотима
    accusative деспота деспоте
    vocative деспоте деспоти
    locative деспоту деспотима
    instrumental деспотом деспотима
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