деспотство

Bulgarian

Etymology

From деспо́т (despót) +‎ -ство (-stvo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈspɔtsvo]

• Audio:

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Noun

деспо́тсво • (despótsvo) n (historical)

1. despotism
2. a style or a term of address for despotes or despotess, usually used with a possessive pronoun: твое, негово, нейно, ваше, техни
3. despotate

Declension

Declension of деспо́тство

	singular	plural
indefinite	деспо́тство despótstvo	деспо́тства despótstva
definite	деспо́тството despótstvoto	деспо́тствата despótstvata

References

• “деспотство”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛspɔtstvɔ]

Noun

деспотство • (despotstvo) n (relational adjective деспотски)

1. despotism

Declension

Declension of деспотство

	singular
indefinite	деспотство (despotstvo)
definite unspecified	деспотството (despotstvoto)
definite proximal	деспотствово (despotstvovo)
definite distal	деспотствоно (despotstvono)
vocative	деспотство (despotstvo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From дѐспот +‎ -ство.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děspotstʋo/
• Hyphenation: дес‧пот‧ство

Noun

дѐспотство n (Latin spelling dèspotstvo)

1. despotism

Declension

Declension of деспотство

	singular	plural
nominative	деспотство	деспотства
genitive	деспотства	деспотстава / деспотства
dative	деспотству	деспотствима
accusative	деспотство	деспотства
vocative	деспотство	деспотства
locative	деспотству	деспотствима
instrumental	деспотством	деспотствима

References

• “деспотство”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024