ложа

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	لوجا
Cyrillic	ложа
Latin	loja
Yañalif	loça

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ло́жа (lóža), from French loge.

Noun

ложа • (loja)

1. (theater) box (compartment to sit in)

Declension

Declension of ложа

	singular	plural
nominative	ложа (loja)	ложалар (lojalar)
genitive	ложаның (lojanyñ)	ложалардың (lojalardyñ)
dative	ложаға (lojağa)	ложаларға (lojalarğa)
accusative	ложаны (lojany)	ложаларды (lojalardy)
locative	ложада (lojada)	ложаларда (lojalarda)
ablative	ложадан (lojadan)	ложалардан (lojalardan)
instrumental	ложамен (lojamen)	ложалармен (lojalarmen)

Macedonian

Etymology

From French loge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔʒa]

Noun

ложа • (loža) f

1. (theater) box (compartment to sit in)
2. (Freemasonry) lodge

Declension

Declension of ложа

	singular	plural
indefinite	ложа (loža)	ложи (loži)
definite unspecified	ложата (ložata)	ложите (ložite)
definite proximal	ложава (ložava)	ложиве (ložive)
definite distal	ложана (ložana)	ложине (ložine)
vocative	ложо (ložo)	ложи (loži)

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French loge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫoʐə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ло́жа • (lóža) f inan (genitive ло́жи, nominative plural ло́жи, genitive plural лож)

1. (theater) box (compartment to sit in)
2. (Freemasonry) lodge

Declension

Declension of ло́жа (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́жа lóža	ло́жи lóži
genitive	ло́жи lóži	ло́ж lóž
dative	ло́же lóže	ло́жам lóžam
accusative	ло́жу lóžu	ло́жи lóži
instrumental	ло́жей, ло́жею lóžej, lóžeju	ло́жами lóžami
prepositional	ло́же lóže	ло́жах lóžax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ложа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ложа”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 488

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫoʐə]

Noun

ло́жа • (lóža) n inan or n inan pl

1. inflection of ло́же (lóže):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈʐa]

Participle

ложа́ • (ložá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ложи́ть (ložítʹ)

Anagrams

• жа́ло (žálo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French loge.

Noun

ло́жа f (Latin spelling lóža)

1. (theater) box (compartment to sit in)

Declension

Declension of ложа

	singular	plural
nominative	ложа	ложе
genitive	ложе	ложа
dative	ложи	ложама
accusative	ложу	ложе
vocative	ложо	ложе
locative	ложи	ложама
instrumental	ложом	ложама

Further reading

• “ложа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From French loge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔʒɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ло́жа • (lóža) f inan (genitive ло́жі, nominative plural ло́жі, genitive plural лож)

1. (theater) box (compartment to sit in)
2. (Freemasonry) lodge
3. wooden handgun stock (handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached)
4. (obsolete) bed

Declension

Declension of ло́жа
(inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́жа lóža	ло́жі lóži
genitive	ло́жі lóži	лож lož
dative	ло́жі lóži	ло́жам lóžam
accusative	ло́жу lóžu	ло́жі lóži
instrumental	ло́жею lóžeju	ло́жами lóžamy
locative	ло́жі lóži	ло́жах lóžax
vocative	ло́же lóže	ло́жі lóži

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ложа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka