гозба
Bulgarian
Etymology
Simplification of an earlier гостба (gostba), from Proto-Slavic *gostьba. Morphologically equivalent to гост (gost, “guest”) + -ба (-ba). Originally meant food that is served to guests.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɔzbɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
го́зба • (gózba) f (diminutive го́збица or го́збичка)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | го́зба gózba |
го́зби gózbi |
| definite | го́збата gózbata |
го́збите gózbite |
Related terms
- госту́ване (gostúvane, “visit as a guest”)
- гоща́вка (goštávka), угоще́ние (ugošténie, “feast, treat”)
References
- “гозба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гозба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostьba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɔzba]
Noun
гозба • (gozba) f (diminutive гозбичка or гозбиче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | гозба (gozba) | гозби (gozbi) |
| definite unspecified | гозбата (gozbata) | гозбите (gozbite) |
| definite proximal | гозбава (gozbava) | гозбиве (gozbive) |
| definite distal | гозбана (gozbana) | гозбине (gozbine) |
| vocative | гозбо (gozbo) | гозби (gozbi) |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Underwent the same process of simplification like in Bulgarian of an earlier гостба, from Proto-Slavic *gostьba. Morphologically equivalent to гост (“guest”) + -ба. Originally meant food that is served to guests.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡǒzba/
- Hyphenation: гоз‧ба
Noun
го̀зба f (Latin spelling gòzba)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | го̀зба | гозбе |
| genitive | гозбе | го̀зба̄ / го̀збӣ |
| dative | гозби | гозбама |
| accusative | гозбу | гозбе |
| vocative | гозбо | гозбе |
| locative | гозби | гозбама |
| instrumental | гозбом | гозбама |
Further reading
- “гозба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025