Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian госпожа (gospoža), replacing earlier Old Church Slavonic госпожда (gospožda) and Middle Bulgarian господжа (gospodža). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gospoďa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡospoˈʒa̟]
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Noun

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госпожа́ (gospožáf (masculine господи́н)

  1. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): lady (a polite term referring to a woman)
  2. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): Mrs (title before woman's name)
  3. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): madam, ma'am (polite term of address to a woman)

Declension

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Declension of госпожа́
singular plural
indefinite госпожа́
gospožá
госпо́жи
gospóži
definite госпожа́та
gospožáta
госпо́жите
gospóžite
vocative form госпо́жо, госпожа́, госпо́же1, госпо́жа2
gospóžo, gospožá, gospóže1, gospóža2
госпо́жи
gospóži

1Archaic.
2Archaic or dialectal.

References

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  • госпожа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • госпожа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “господ; госпожа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 267

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gospoďa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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госпожа́ (gospožáf anim (genitive госпожи́, nominative plural госпожи́, genitive plural госпо́ж, masculine господи́н)

  1. female equivalent of господи́н (gospodín): lady, gentlewoman, dame (a woman of a high rank or position)
  2. (formal, term of address) madam, ma'am, Mrs., Miss (polite, formal term of address for a woman)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) г-жа (g-ža)
  3. lady, mistress (the mistress of a household of servants or a manor)
    Synonyms: хозя́йка (xozjájka), (historical) ба́рыня (bárynja)
  4. (BDSM) mistress (term of address by a submissive partner to a dominant woman)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Bulgarian: госпожа (gospoža)