dobrota

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobrota, from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dobrý +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobrota]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Hyphenation: do‧b‧ro‧ta

Noun

dobrota f (diminutive dobrůtka)

  1. goodness (of people)
    Synonyms: laskavost, vlídnost
  2. (often in the plural, expressive) good meal
    Synonyms: lahůdka, pochoutka

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔbrɔta/

Noun

dobrota f (diminutive dobrotka)

  1. goodness, goodwill
  2. benefaction, beneficence, good deed

Declension

Derived terms

  • dobrotnik
  • dobrotny

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dobrota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dobrota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -ota. First attested in the 14th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dɔbrɔta/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /dɔbrɔta/

    Noun

    dobrota f

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) goodness
      Synonym: dobrość
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 24, 8, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
        Podlug miloserdza twego pomny me ty prze dobrotø twoiø, gospodne (propter bonitatem tuam, domine)
        [Podług miłosierdzia twego pomni mie ty prze dobrotę twoję, Gospodnie (propter bonitatem tuam, Domine)]
    2. (attested in Lesser Poland) good thing; good deed; benefit
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 36, 3, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
        Pway w gospodna a czin dobrotø (spera in domino et fac bonitatem)
        [Pwaj w Gospodna a czyń dobrotę (spera in Domino et fac bonitatem)]

    References

    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dobrota”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrota. By surface analysis, dȍbar +‎ -ota.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dobrǒta/

    Noun

    dobròta f (Cyrillic spelling добро̀та)

    1. goodness

    Declension

    Declension of dobrota
    singular plural
    nominative dobrota dobrote
    genitive dobrote dobrota
    dative dobroti dobrotama
    accusative dobrotu dobrote
    vocative dobroto dobrote
    locative dobroti dobrotama
    instrumental dobrotom dobrotama

    Further reading

    • dobrota”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026