софта

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوفته (“theology student”) (modern Turkish softa), from Persian سوخته.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔfta]
• Hyphenation: соф‧та

Noun

со́фта • (sófta) m (plural со́фти)

1. (Islam) softa
2. (Islam, archaic) preacher, teacher

Usage notes

• The word со́фта is a masculine noun with a feminine declension. In the Macedonian language, nouns ending in "a" are feminine but there are exceptions like this one.

Declension

Declension of софта

	singular	plural
indefinite	софта	софти
definite unspecified	софтата	софтите
definite proximal	софтава	софтиве
definite distal	софтана	софтине
vocative	софто	софти

References

• “софта” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu