lopata

See also: łopata and lopată

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Noun

lopata f

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of lopata

	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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɔpata/

Noun

lopata f (genitive singular lopaty, nominative plural lopaty, genitive plural lopát, declension pattern of žena)

1. shovel, spade

Declension

Declension of lopata

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

References

• lopata in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔˈpàːta/
• Tonal orthography: lopáta

Noun

lopáta f (genitive lopáte, nominative plural lopáte)

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of lopáta (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lopáta	lopáti	lopáte
accusative	lopáto	lopáti	lopáte
genitive	lopáte	lopát	lopát
dative	lopáti	lopátama	lopátam
locative	lopáti	lopátah	lopátah
instrumental	lopáto	lopátama	lopátami

References

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