ljepota
Serbo-Croatian
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editljepòta f (Cyrillic spelling љепо̀та)
- beauty
- 1551, Marin Darxich, “[Cemuie priuerno (iaoh) moie sluxenie?]”, in Piesni Marina Darxichia viedno stavgliene smnosim drvsim liepim stvarmi[1], published 1607, page 14:
- Lip obras, suitloſti ki ſunzu odſiua,
Araiske liposti lipotom dobiua,- Lip obraz, svitlosti ki suncu odsiva,
A rajske liposti lipotom dobiva - A beautiful visage, which shines back at the Sun,
And overpowers heavenly beauties with its beauty
- Lip obraz, svitlosti ki suncu odsiva,
- a beautiful thing
- ljepota djevojka ― a beautiful girl (literary)
- (archaic, poetic) glory, the most beautiful (typically: ljepota od [genitive])
- 1551, Marin Darxich, “Comedia [...] odunda maroia [= Dundo Maroje]”, in Stracci di prose e di versi, tolti dalla Komedie di Marino Darscich [Rešetarov rukopis], published ~1550, page 36r:
- N/ mile ciuo sam daimax gospogiu
po/ liepotu od suieta- Niko: Mile, čuo sam da imaš gospođu.
Pijero: Ljepotu od svijeta! - Niko: Mile, I've heard you've got a mistress.
Pijero: The most beautiful in the world!
- Niko: Mile, čuo sam da imaš gospođu.
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Declension of ljepota (archaic accentual pattern)
In the second paradigm, the forms with ◌̏ accent have a non-weakened accent shift: nȁ ljepotu.
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edit- “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
- Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904–1910), “ļepòta”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 246