gospa

See also: Gospa

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒːspa/
• Hyphenation: gos‧pa

Noun

góspa f (Cyrillic spelling го́спа)

1. (literary) lady
2. Mrs.

Declension

Declension of gospa

	singular	plural
nominative	gospa	gospe
genitive	gospe	gospa
dative	gospi	gospama
accusative	gospu	gospe
vocative	gospo	gospe
locative	gospi	gospama
instrumental	gospom	gospama

Slovene

Alternative forms

• goſpa (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gospoďa. There was an irregular contraction (*oďa →) *oja → a; the obsolete form gospoja still retains the regular form (compare with earlier contraction *lìpojǫ → *lìpǭ in instrumental singular a-stem ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔspàː/

Noun

gospá f (male equivalent gospọ̑d)

1. Mrs
2. lady

   Synonyms: dama, ga., gospoja, madam, madama, šinjora, šjora

3. (archaic) female lord, master

   Synonym: gospodarȋca

4. (archaic, of a servant) female employer
5. (rare) wife

   Synonym: žéna

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , long ending accent, irregular endings
nom. sing.	gospá
gen. sing.	gospẹ́
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	gospá	gospẹ́	gospẹ́
genitive rodȋlnik	gospẹ́	gospá	gospá
dative dajȃlnik	gospẹ́, gospẹ́j	gospẹ́ma	gospẹ́m
accusative tožȋlnik	gospọ́	gospẹ́	gospẹ́
locative mẹ̑stnik	gospẹ́, gospẹ́j	gospẹ́h	gospẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	gospọ́	gospẹ́ma	gospẹ́mi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	gospȃ	gospẹ̑	gospẹ̑

Derived terms

• ga.
• Gospa
• Gospa Sveta
• gospȇjin
• nebeška Gospa

Further reading

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