доба

доба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *doba.

Noun

до́ба • (dóba) f

1. (usually uncountable, obsolescent) time

Usage notes

Always preceded by adjective (тъмна, късна etc.) or demonstrative pronoun.

Declension

Declension of до́ба

	singular	plural
indefinite	до́ба dóba	до́би1 dóbi1
definite	до́бата dóbata	до́бите1 dóbite1

¹Rare.

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *doba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔba]

Noun

доба • (doba) f (uncountable)

1. age
2. time

Declension

Declension of доба

	singular
indefinite	доба
definite unspecified	добата
definite proximal	добава
definite distal	добана
vocative	добо

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian doba/доба and Bulgarian доба (doba).

Noun

доба • (doba) f

1. use, advantage

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “доба”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôːba/
• Hyphenation: до‧ба

Noun

до̑ба n (Latin spelling dȏba)

1. time
2. age, epoch, era

Declension

Declension of доба

	singular	plural
nominative	доба	доба
genitive	доба	доба
dative	добу	добима
accusative	доба	доба
vocative	доба	доба
locative	добу	добима
instrumental	добом	добима

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔˈba]

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Noun

доба́ • (dobá) f inan (genitive доби́, nominative plural до́би, genitive plural доб)

1. day (full 24 hours)
2. age, era, period

Declension

Declension of доба́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	доба́ dobá	до́би dóby
genitive	доби́ dobý	доб dob
dative	добі́ dobí	до́бам dóbam
accusative	добу́ dobú	до́би dóby
instrumental	добо́ю dobóju	до́бами dóbamy
locative	добі́ dobí	до́бах dóbax
vocative	до́бо dóbo	до́би dóby