duša

See also: dusa, dúsa, dusā, and Duša

Latvian

Etymology

From German Dusche, from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduʃːa]

Noun

duša f (4th declension)

1. shower

Declension

Declension of duša (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	duša	dušas
genitive	dušas	dušu
dative	dušai	dušām
accusative	dušu	dušas
instrumental	dušu	dušām
locative	dušā	dušās
vocative	duša	dušas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǔːʃa/
• Hyphenation: du‧ša

Noun

dúša f (Cyrillic spelling ду́ша)

1. soul (spirit or person)

   Bogu dušu, Bog je neće. ― I'm surrendering my soul to God, and God doesn't want to take it. (expression used when describing great physical pain personally experienced in a past situation, e.g. running a marathon, being tortured, etc.)

   U kući nije bilo žive duše. ― Not a living soul was in the house.

2. term of endearment; darling, dear

Declension

Declension of duša

	singular	plural
nominative	dúša	dȗše
genitive	duše	duša
dative	duši	dušama
accusative	dȗšu	duše
vocative	dušo	duše
locative	duši	dušama
instrumental	dušom	dušama

Related terms

• dȕh

Further reading

• “duša”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduʃa]

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

duša f (relational adjective duševný, diminutive dušička, augmentative dušisko)

1. soul
2. spirit
3. inner tube of a tire/tyre

Declension

Declension of duša
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	duša	duše
genitive	duše	duší
dative	duši	dušiam
accusative	dušu	duše
locative	duši	dušiach
instrumental	dušou	dušami

Further reading

• “duša”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dùːʃa/

Noun

dúša f

1. soul (the spirit or essence of a person that is believed to live on after the person’s death)

Declension

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.	dúša
gen. sing.	dúše
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dúša	dúši	dúše
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dúše	dúš	dúš
dative (dajȃlnik)	dúši	dúšama	dúšam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dúšo	dúši	dúše
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dúši	dúšah	dúšah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dúšo	dúšama	dúšami

Further reading

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