ljepota

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): lepota
(Ikavian): lipota
(obsolete, Croatia): liepota
(obsolete, Croatia): lěpota

Etymology

lijep +‎ -ota (ije shortened to je in preaccented position)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʎepǒta/
Hyphenation: lje‧po‧ta

Noun

ljepòta f (Cyrillic spelling љепо̀та)

beauty
a beautiful thing
ljepota djevojka ― a beautiful girl (literary)

Declension

Declension of ljepota

	singular	plural
nominative	ljepòta	ljepòte
genitive	ljepòtē	ljepótā
dative	ljepòti	ljepòtama
accusative	ljepòtu	ljepòte
vocative	ljepòto / ljȅpoto	ljepòte
locative	ljepòti	ljepòtama
instrumental	ljepòtōm	ljepòtama

References

“ljepota” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Vukušić, Stjepan; Zoričić, Ivan; Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §287, page 80

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