gospodar

English

Noun

gospodar (plural gospodars)

  1. Alternative form of hospodar.

Gagauz

Cyrillic господар

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian gospodar, from Proto-Slavic *gospodařь. Cognate with Russian господа́рь (gospodárʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡos.poˈdar/
  • Hyphenation: gos‧po‧dar

Noun

gospodar (definite accusative gospodarı, plural gospodarlar)

  1. householder, landlord; master of the house or head of a household

Declension

Declension of gospodar
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) gospodar gospodarlar
definite accusative (belirtme) gospodarı gospodarları
dative (yönelme) gospodara gospodarlara
locative (bulunma) gospodarda gospodarlarda
ablative (çıkma) gospodardan gospodarlardan
genitive (tamlayan) gospodarın gospodarların
  • gospodariya

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “gospodar”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 278

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic господарь (gospodarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gospodařь, ultimately from *gospodь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡos.poˈdar/
  • Hyphenation: gos‧po‧dar

Noun

gospodar m (plural gospodari)

  1. householder; master of the house or head of a household
  2. a good manager or someone who is in charge

Declension

Declension of gospodar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gospodar gospodarul gospodari gospodarii
genitive-dative gospodar gospodarului gospodari gospodarilor
vocative gospodarule, gospodare gospodarilor

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gagauz: gospodar

Adjective

gospodar m or n (feminine singular gospodară, masculine plural gospodari, feminine and neuter plural gospodare)

  1. skilled, competent, wise, thrifty, as in a good manager

Declension

Declension of gospodar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite gospodar gospodară gospodari gospodare
definite gospodarul gospodara gospodarii gospodarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite gospodar gospodare gospodari gospodare
definite gospodarului gospodarei gospodarilor gospodarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gospodařь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡospǒdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: gos‧po‧dar

Noun

gospòdār m anim (Cyrillic spelling госпо̀да̄р)

  1. master, lord
  2. voivod

Declension

Declension of gospodar
singular plural
nominative gospodar gospodari
genitive gospodára gospodara
dative gospodaru gospodarima
accusative gospodara gospodare
vocative gospodaru gospodari
locative gospodaru gospodarima
instrumental gospodarom gospodarima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gospodařь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔspɔdàːr/

Noun

gospodár m anim

  1. master (someone who has control over something or someone)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. gospodár
gen. sing. gospodárja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gospodár gospodárja gospodárji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
gospodárja gospodárjev gospodárjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
gospodárju gospodárjema gospodárjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gospodárja gospodárja gospodárje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
gospodárju gospodárjih gospodárjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
gospodárjem gospodárjema gospodárji

Further reading

  • gospodar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025