däspot

Volapük

Etymology

From German Despotie (minus -ie) and/or Greek δεσποτία (despotía) (minus -ία (-ía)), and also (probably) from English despotism (minus -ism), French despotisme (minus isme), German Despotismus (minus -ismus), Latin despotismus (minus -ismus), Greek δεσποτισμός (despotismós) (minus -ισμός (-ismós))

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dɛs.ˈpot]

Noun

däspot (plural däspots)

despotism

Declension

declension of däspot

	singular	plural
nominative	däspot	däspots
genitive	däspota	däspotas
dative	däspote	däspotes
accusative	däspoti	däspotis
vocative ¹	o däspot!	o däspots!
predicative ²	däspotu	däspotus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

däspotan (“despot”)
däspotik (“despotic”)
däspotiko (“despotically”)

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