деспот
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛˈspɔt]
Noun
деспо́т • (despót) m (feminine деспо́тица or деспо́тка)
- (historical) despot, tyrant, satrap
- (historical) despot (a title awarded to senior members of the imperial family, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers of vast regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans (13th and 14th centuries))
- (figurative) oppressor, tyrant
- (historical)bishop
- Synonym: влади́ка (vladíka)
- (historical, Christianity) hegumen
Declension
Declension of деспо́т
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | деспо́т despót | деспо́ти despóti |
| definite (subject form) | деспо́тът despótǎt | деспо́тите despótite |
| definite (object form) | деспо́та despóta | |
| vocative form | деспо́те despóte | деспо́ти despóti |
Synonyms
- тира́н (tirán)
- тира́нин (tiránin)
- сатра́п (satráp)
- господа́р (gospodár)
- поти́сник (potísnik)
Related terms
- деспоти́зъм (despotízǎm)
- деспоти́чен (despotíčen)
- деспо́тски (despótski)
- деспо́тство (despótstvo)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛspɔt]
Noun
деспот • (despot) m (related adjective деспотски)
- despot
Declension
Declension of деспот
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | деспот | деспоти |
| definite unspecified | деспотот | деспотите |
| definite proximal | деспотов | деспотиве |
| definite distal | деспотон | деспотине |
| vocative | деспоту | деспоти |
| count form | — | деспота |
Russian
Alternative forms
- де́спотъ (déspot) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲespət]
Noun
де́спот • (déspot) m anim (genitive де́спота, nominative plural де́споты, genitive plural де́спотов)
- despot
- Synonym: тира́н (tirán)
Declension
Declension of де́спот (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | де́спот déspot | де́споты déspoty |
| genitive | де́спота déspota | де́спотов déspotov |
| dative | де́споту déspotu | де́спотам déspotam |
| accusative | де́спота déspota | де́спотов déspotov |
| instrumental | де́спотом déspotom | де́спотами déspotami |
| prepositional | де́споте déspote | де́спотах déspotax |
Related terms
- деспоти́зм (despotízm)
- деспотичный (despotičnyj)
- деспотический (despotičeskij)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děspot/
- Hyphenation: дес‧пот
Noun
дѐспот m (Latin spelling dèspot)
- despot
Declension
Declension of деспот
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | деспот | деспоти |
| genitive | деспота | деспота |
| dative | деспоту | деспотима |
| accusative | деспота | деспоте |
| vocative | деспоте | деспоти |
| locative | деспоту | деспотима |
| instrumental | деспотом | деспотима |