gospodar

English

Noun

gospodar (plural gospodars)

1. Alternative form of hospodar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic господарь (gospodarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gospodařь, ultimately from *gospodь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡos.poˈdar/

Noun

gospodar m (plural gospodari)

1. householder; master of the house or head of a household
2. a good manager or someone who is in charge

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gospodar	gospodarul		gospodari	gospodarii
genitive-dative	gospodar	gospodarului		gospodari	gospodarilor
vocative	gospodarule, gospodare			gospodarilor

Derived terms

• gospodărie
• gospodăresc

Related terms

• gospodină

Adjective

gospodar m or n (feminine singular gospodară, masculine plural gospodari, feminine and neuter plural gospodare)

1. skilled, competent, wise, thrifty, as in a good manager

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gospodar		gospodară		gospodari	gospodare
	definite	gospodarul		gospodara		gospodarii	gospodarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gospodar		gospodare		gospodari	gospodare
	definite	gospodarului		gospodarei		gospodarelor	gospodarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gospodařь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡospǒdaːr/
• Hyphenation: gos‧po‧dar

Noun

gospòdār m (Cyrillic spelling госпо̀да̄р)

1. master, lord
2. voivod

Declension

Declension of gospodar

	singular	plural
nominative	gospodar	gospodari
genitive	gospodára	gospodara
dative	gospodaru	gospodarima
accusative	gospodara	gospodare
vocative	gospodaru	gospodari
locative	gospodaru	gospodarima
instrumental	gospodarom	gospodarima

Related terms

• gospodàrica
• gospodáriti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gospodařь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔspɔdàːr/

Noun

gospodár m anim

1. master (someone who has control over something or someone)

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.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	gospodár
gen. sing.	gospodárja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gospodár	gospodárja	gospodárji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gospodárja	gospodárjev	gospodárjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	gospodárju	gospodárjema	gospodárjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gospodárja	gospodárja	gospodárje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gospodárju	gospodárjih	gospodárjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gospodárjem	gospodárjema	gospodárji

Related terms

• gospod

Further reading

• “gospodar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024