софта

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوفته (“theology student”) (modern Turkish softa), from Persian سوخته.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔfta]
  • Hyphenation: соф‧та

Noun

со́фта • (sófta) m (plural со́фти)

  1. (Islam) softa
  2. (Islam, archaic) preacher, teacher

Usage notes
  • The word со́фта is a masculine noun with a feminine declension. In the Macedonian language, nouns ending in "a" are feminine but there are exceptions like this one.

Declension
Declension of софта
singular plural
indefinite софта софти
definite unspecified софтата софтите
definite proximal софтава софтиве
definite distal софтана софтине
vocative софто софти

References
  • “софта” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
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