dobrota

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdobrota]

Noun

dobrota f

1. goodness (of people)
2. good meal

Declension

Declension of dobrota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	dobrota	dobroty
genitive	dobroty	dobrot
dative	dobrotě	dobrotám
accusative	dobrotu	dobroty
vocative	dobroto	dobroty
locative	dobrotě	dobrotách
instrumental	dobrotou	dobrotami

Further reading

• dobrota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dobrota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• dobrota in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbrɔta/

Noun

dobrota f (diminutive dobrotka)

1. goodness, goodwill
2. benefaction, beneficence, good deed

Declension

Declension of dobrota

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dobrota	dobrośe	dobroty
Genitive	dobroty	dobrotowu	dobrotow
Dative	dobrośe	dobrotoma	dobrotam
Accusative	dobrotu	dobrośe	dobroty
Instrumental	dobrotu	dobrotoma	dobrotami
Locative	dobrośe	dobrotoma	dobrotach

Derived terms

• dobrotnik
• dobrotny

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dobrota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dobrota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /dɔbrɔta/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /dɔbrɔta/

Noun

dobrota f

1. goodness

Synonyms

• dobrość f

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dȍbar +‎ -ota.

Noun

dobròta f (Cyrillic spelling добро̀та)

1. goodness

Declension

Declension of dobrota

	singular	plural
nominative	dobrota	dobrote
genitive	dobrote	dobrota
dative	dobroti	dobrotama
accusative	dobrotu	dobrote
vocative	dobroto	dobrote
locative	dobroti	dobrotama
instrumental	dobrotom	dobrotama