lopta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopъta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôpta/
• Hyphenation: lop‧ta

Noun

lȍpta f (Cyrillic spelling ло̏пта)

1. ball

Declension

Declension of lopta

	singular	plural
nominative	lȍpta	lopte
genitive	lopte	lȏptā/ lȏptī
dative	lopti	loptama
accusative	loptu	lopte
vocative	lopto	lopte
locative	lopti	loptama
instrumental	loptom	loptama

References

• “lopta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopъta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɔpta/

Noun

lopta f (genitive singular lopty, nominative plural lopty, genitive plural lôpt, declension pattern of žena)

1. ball

Declension

Declension of lopta

	singular	plural
nominative	lopta	lopty
genitive	lopty	lôpt
dative	lopte	loptám
accusative	loptu	lopty
locative	lopte	loptách
instrumental	loptou	loptami

Derived terms

• loptový
• loptisko
• loptička
• loptičkový

Further reading

• “lopta”, 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, 2024

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Veps

Etymology

Akin to Finnish lopettaa

Verb

lopta

1. to end, to discontinue
2. to finish, to complete, to conclude
3. to carry out

Derived terms

• lopmatoi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “выполнить, завершить, заканчивать, закрыть, кончать, окончить, прервать, уничтожать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika