деспот
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛˈspɔt]
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Noun
деспо́т • (despót) m (feminine деспо́тица or деспо́тка)
- (historical) despot, tyrant, satrap
- (historical) despot (a title awarded to senior members of the imperial family, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers of vast regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans (13th and 14th centuries))
- (figurative) oppressor, tyrant
- (historical) bishop
- Synonym: влади́ка (vladíka)
- (historical, Christianity) hegumen
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | деспо́т despót |
деспо́ти despóti |
| definite (subject form) |
деспо́тът despótǎt |
деспо́тите despótite |
| definite (object form) |
деспо́та despóta | |
| vocative form | деспо́те despóte |
деспо́ти despóti |
Synonyms
Related terms
- деспоти́зъм (despotízǎm)
- деспоти́чен (despotíčen)
- деспо́тски (despótski)
- деспо́тство (despótstvo)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛspɔt]
Noun
деспот • (despot) m (relational adjective деспотски)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | деспот (despot) | деспоти (despoti) |
| definite unspecified | деспотот (despotot) | деспотите (despotite) |
| definite proximal | деспотов (despotov) | деспотиве (despotive) |
| definite distal | деспотон (despoton) | деспотине (despotine) |
| vocative | деспоту (despotu) | деспоти (despoti) |
| count form | — | деспота (despota) |
Russian
Alternative forms
- де́спотъ (déspot) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲespət]
Noun
де́спот • (déspot) m anim (genitive де́спота, nominative plural де́споты, genitive plural де́спотов)
Declension
Declension of де́спот (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- деспоти́зм (despotízm)
- деспотичный (despotičnyj)
- деспотический (despotičeskij)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děspot/
- Hyphenation: дес‧пот
Noun
дѐспот m anim (Latin spelling dèspot)