beseda

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech besěda, from Proto-Slavic *besěda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛsɛda]

Noun

beseda f

1. talk, discussion

Declension

Declension of beseda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	beseda	besedy
genitive	besedy	besed
dative	besedě	besedám
accusative	besedu	besedy
vocative	besedo	besedy
locative	besedě	besedách
instrumental	besedou	besedami

Related terms

• besední
• besedník
• besedovat
• besídka
• pobesedovat

 

Further reading

• “beseda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “beseda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “beseda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bèsjeda (Ijekavian)
• besida (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *besěda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běseda/
• Hyphenation: be‧se‧da

Noun

bèseda f (Cyrillic spelling бѐседа)

1. (archaic) word

   Synonym: rȇč

2. a speech (especially for a ceremonial occasion)

   Synonym: gȍvōr

Declension

Declension of beseda

	singular	plural
nominative	beseda	besede
genitive	besede	beseda
dative	besedi	besedama
accusative	besedu	besede
vocative	besedo	besede
locative	besedi	besedama
instrumental	besedom	besedama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:besjeda.

References

• “beseda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *besěda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛséːda/

Noun

besẹ̑da f

1. word (unit of language)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	beséda
gen. sing.	beséde
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	beséda	besédi	beséde
genitive (rodȋlnik)	beséde	beséd	beséd
dative (dajȃlnik)	besédi	besédama	besédam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	besédo	besédi	beséde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	besédi	besédah	besédah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	besédo	besédama	besédami

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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