däspot

Volapük

Etymology

From German Despotie (minus -ie) and/or Greek δεσποτία (despotía) (minus -ία (-ía)), and also (probably) from English despotism (minus -ism), French despotisme (minus -isme), German Despotismus (minus -ismus), English despotismus (minus -ismus), Ancient Greek δεσποτισμός (despotismós) (minus -ισμός (-ismós)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛs.ˈpot]

Noun

däspot (nominative plural däspots)

  1. despotism

Declension

Declension of däspot
singular plural
nominative däspot däspots
genitive däspota däspotas
dative däspote däspotes
accusative däspoti däspotis
vocative 1 o däspot! o däspots!
predicative 2 däspotu däspotus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

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