gospa

== Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡǒːspa/ Hyphenation: gos‧pa === Noun === góspa f (Cyrillic spelling го́спа) (literary) lady Mrs. ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Alternative forms === goſpa (Bohorič alphabet) === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *gospoďa. There was an irregular contraction (*oďa →) *oja → a; the obsolete form gospoja still retains the regular form (compare with earlier contraction *lìpojǫ → *lìpǭ in instrumental singular a-stem ending). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔspàː/ === Noun === gospá f (male equivalent gospọ̑d) Mrs lady Synonyms: dama, ga., gospoja, madam, madama, šinjora, šjora (archaic) female lord, master Synonym: gospodarȋca (archaic, of a servant) female employer (rare) wife Synonym: žéna ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gospa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “gospa”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references