sloboda

See also: Sloboda, słoboda, Słoboda, słobodą, and Słobodą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian слобода́ (slobodá), which is related to a common Slavic word for “freedom”, in reference to such settlements' initial freedom from taxes and forced labor duties.

Noun

sloboda (plural slobodas or slobody)

  1. A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Translations

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svoboda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slobǒda/
  • Hyphenation: slo‧bo‧da

Noun

slobòda f (Cyrillic spelling слобо̀да)

  1. freedom

Declension

Declension of sloboda
singular plural
nominative slobòda slobode
genitive slobode slobódā
dative slobodi slobodama
accusative slobodu slobode
vocative slobodo slobode
locative slobodi slobodama
instrumental slobodom slobodama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svoboda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɔbɔda]

Noun

sloboda f

  1. freedom

Declension

Declension of sloboda
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeslobodaslobody
genitiveslobodyslobôd
dativeslobodeslobodám
accusativesloboduslobody
locativeslobodeslobodách
instrumentalslobodouslobodami

Derived terms

See also

  • voľnosť

Further reading

  • sloboda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025