ljepota

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

lijep +‎ -ota (ije shortened to je in preaccented position)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʎepǒta/
  • Hyphenation: lje‧po‧ta

Noun

ljepòta f (Cyrillic spelling љепо̀та)

  1. beauty
  2. a beautiful thing
    ljepota djevojka ― a beautiful girl (literary)

Declension
Declension of ljepota
singular plural
nominative ljepòta ljepòte
genitive ljepòtē ljepótā
dative ljepòti ljepòtama
accusative ljepòtu ljepòte
vocative ljepòto / ljȅpoto ljepòte
locative ljepòti ljepòtama
instrumental ljepòtōm ljepòtama
Declension of ljepota (archaic accentual pattern)
singular plural
nominative ljepòta ljȅpote
genitive ljepòtē ljepótā
dative ljepòti ljepòtama
accusative ljȅpotu ljȅpote
vocative ljȅpoto ljȅpote
locative ljepòti ljepòtama
instrumental ljepòtōm ljepòtama

In the second paradigm, the forms with ◌̏ accent have a non-weakened accent shift: nȁ ljepotu.

Synonyms
  • lijepost

References
  • “ljepota” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §287, page 80
  • Даничић, Ђуро (1925) Милан Решетар, editor, Српски акценти, Београд-Земун: Српска краљевска академија, Именице на -а: II,6, page 11
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