lopata

See also: Lopata, lopată, łopata, łopatą, Łopata, and лопата

Albanian

Noun

lopata

1. inflection of lopatë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlopata]

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• Hyphenation: lo‧pa‧ta

Noun

lopata f (diminutive lopatka)

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of lopata (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	lopata	lopaty
genitive	lopaty	lopat
dative	lopatě	lopatám
accusative	lopatu	lopaty
vocative	lopato	lopaty
locative	lopatě	lopatách
instrumental	lopatou	lopatami

Derived terms

• lopatka
• po lopatě

Further reading

• “lopata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lopata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lopata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• łopata (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫopata/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlopata/

Noun

lopata f

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of lopata (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lopata	lopatě	lopaty
genitive	lopaty	lopatú	lopat
dative	lopatě	lopatama	lopatám
accusative	lopatu	lopatě	lopaty
vocative	lopato	lopatě	lopaty
locative	lopatě	lopatú	lopatách
instrumental	lopatú	lopatama	lopatami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: lopata

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lopata”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒpata/
• Hyphenation: lo‧pa‧ta

Noun

lòpata f (Cyrillic spelling ло̀пата)

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of lopata

	singular	plural
nominative	lopata	lopate
genitive	lopate	lopata
dative	lopati	lopatama
accusative	lopatu	lopate
vocative	lopato	lopate
locative	lopati	lopatama
instrumental	lopatom	lopatama

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔpata]

Noun

lopata f (relational adjective lopatový, diminutive lopatka or lopatôčka or lo­patka, augmentative lopatisko)

1. shovel, spade

Declension

Declension of lopata
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	lopata	lopaty
genitive	lopaty	lopát
dative	lopate	lopatám
accusative	lopatu	lopaty
locative	lopate	lopatách
instrumental	lopatou	lopatami

Further reading

• “lopata”, 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 *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔpàːta/

Noun

lopáta f

1. shovel

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.	lopáta
gen. sing.	lopáte
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lopáta	lopáti	lopáte
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lopáte	lopát	lopát
dative (dajȃlnik)	lopáti	lopátama	lopátam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lopáto	lopáti	lopáte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lopáti	lopátah	lopátah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lopáto	lopátama	lopátami

References

• “lopata” in Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika, 1970-1991, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša: Ljubljana