oseba

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osoba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔséːba/

Noun

osẹ̑ba f

1. person
2. (grammar) grammatical person

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	oséba
gen. sing.	osébe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	oséba	osébi	osébe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	osébe	oséb	oséb
dative (dajȃlnik)	osébi	osébama	osébam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	osébo	osébi	osébe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	osébi	osébah	osébah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	osébo	osébama	osébami

Derived terms

• osẹ̑ben
• osẹ̑bje
• brezosẹ̑ben

Further reading

• “oseba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025