dobrota

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobrota, from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dobrý +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdobrota]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Hyphenation: do‧b‧ro‧ta

Noun

dobrota f (diminutive dobrůtka)

  1. goodness (of people)
    Synonyms: laskavost, vlídnost
  2. (often in the plural, expressive) good meal
    Synonyms: lahůdka, pochoutka

Declension
Declension of dobrota (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative dobrota dobroty
genitive dobroty dobrot
dative dobrotě dobrotám
accusative dobrotu dobroty
vocative dobroto dobroty
locative dobrotě dobrotách
instrumental dobrotou dobrotami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • dobrota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dobrota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dobrota in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • dobrota in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrota.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔbrɔta/

Noun

dobrota f (diminutive dobrotka)

  1. goodness, goodwill
  2. benefaction, beneficence, good deed

Declension
Declension of dobrota
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dobrota dobrośe dobroty
Genitive dobroty dobrotowu dobrotow
Dative dobrośe dobrotoma dobrotam
Accusative dobrotu dobrośe dobroty
Instrumental dobrotu dobrotoma dobrotami
Locative dobrośe dobrotoma dobrotach

Derived terms
  • dobrotnik
  • dobrotny

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dobrota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dobrota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dɔbrɔta/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /dɔbrɔta/

Noun

dobrota f

  1. goodness

Synonyms
  • dobrość f

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dȍbar +‎ -ota.

Noun

dobròta f (Cyrillic spelling добро̀та)

  1. goodness

Declension
Declension of dobrota
singular plural
nominative dobrota dobrote
genitive dobrote dobrota
dative dobroti dobrotama
accusative dobrotu dobrote
vocative dobroto dobrote
locative dobroti dobrotama
instrumental dobrotom dobrotama
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