duša

See also: dusa, dúsa, dusā, and Duša

Latvian

Noun

duša f (4th declension)

  1. shower

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǔːʃa/
  • Hyphenation: du‧ša

Noun

dúša f (Cyrillic spelling ду́ша)

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. (by extension) individual person or inhabitant
  4. term of endearment; darling, dear

Declension

Further reading

  • duša” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovene dúša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈduʃa]

Noun

duša f (genitive singular duše, nominative plural duše, genitive plural duší, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. inner tube of a tire/tyre

Declension

Further reading

  • duša”, 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, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dušà. Cognate with Bulgarian душа (duša), Macedonian душа (duša), Russian душа́ (dušá), Ukrainian душа́ (dušá), Belarusian душа́ (dušá), Serbo-Croatian ду́ша, dúša, Czech duše, Polabian dausă, Polish dusza, Slovak duša, Kashubian dësza, Upper Sorbian duša, Lower Sorbian duša, Old Church Slavonic доуша (duša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dùːʃa/

Noun

dúša f

  1. soul (the spirit or essence of a person that is believed to live on after the person’s death)

Inflection

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.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. dúša
gen. sing. dúše
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dúša dúši dúše
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dúše dúš dúš
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dúši dúšama dúšam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dúšo dúši dúše
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dúši dúšah dúšah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dúšo dúšama dúšami

Further reading

  • duša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • duša”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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