sloboda
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)
Translations
a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svoboda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slobǒda/
- Hyphenation: slo‧bo‧da
Noun
slobòda f (Cyrillic spelling слобо̀да)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slobòda | slobode |
| genitive | slobode | slobódā |
| dative | slobodi | slobodama |
| accusative | slobodu | slobode |
| vocative | slobodo | slobode |
| locative | slobodi | slobodama |
| instrumental | slobodom | slobodama |
Related terms
- slobodan
- slobodnost
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svoboda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈslɔbɔda]
Noun
sloboda f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sloboda | slobody |
| genitive | slobody | slobôd |
| dative | slobode | slobodám |
| accusative | slobodu | slobody |
| locative | slobode | slobodách |
| instrumental | slobodou | slobodami |
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