-ота

See also: Ота and Appendix:Variations of "ota"

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Suffix

-ота • (-ota) f

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”)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ота

голота

чистота

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐˈta]

Suffix

-ота́ • (-otá)

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

Declension of -ота́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ота́ -otá	-о́ты -óty
genitive	-оты́ -otý	-о́т -ót
dative	-оте́ -oté	-о́там -ótam
accusative	-оту́ -otú	-о́ты -óty
instrumental	-ото́й, -ото́ю -otój, -otóju	-о́тами -ótami
prepositional	-оте́ -oté	-о́тах -ótax

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈotə]
IPA^(key): [ətə]

Suffix

-о́та or -ота • (-óta or -ota)

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”)

Declension

Declension of -о́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-о́та -óta	-о́ты -óty
genitive	-о́ты -óty	-о́т -ót
dative	-о́те -óte	-о́там -ótam
accusative	-о́ту -ótu	-о́ты -óty
instrumental	-о́той, -о́тою -ótoj, -ótoju	-о́тами -ótami
prepositional	-о́те -óte	-о́тах -ótax

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Suffix

-ота (Latin spelling -ota)

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ota

Ukrainian -ота (-ota)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ ˈɔˈta]

Suffix

-ота́ or -о́та • (-otá or -óta) f or f pl

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

Declension

Declension of *-ота́*
(inan hard fem-form accent-d)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ота́ -otá	-о́ти -óty
genitive	-оти́ -otý	-о́т -ót
dative	-оті́ -otí	-о́там -ótam
accusative	-оту́ -otú	-о́ти -óty
instrumental	-ото́ю -otóju	-о́тами -ótamy
locative	-оті́ -otí	-о́тах -ótax
vocative	-о́то -óto	-о́ти -óty

Declension of *-о́та*
(inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-a)
	plural
nominative	-о́та -óta
genitive	-о́т -ót
dative	-о́там -ótam
accusative	-о́та -óta
instrumental	-о́тами -ótamy
locative	-о́тах -ótax
vocative	-о́та -óta

Derived terms