желая

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želàti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒɛˈɫajɐ]
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Verb

жела́я • (želája) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive) to wish, to desire, to long for
    Synonyms: копне́я (kopnéja), блену́вам (blenúvam)
    жела́я даželája dato desire to
  2. (ditransitive) to wish
    жела́я някому нещоželája njakomu neštoto wish s.o. something
    Жела́я ви ве́сели пра́зници.
    Želája vi véseli práznici.
    I wish you merry holidays.
  3. (reflexive with си) to wish for oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • възжелая pf (vǎzželaja), възжелавам impf (vǎzželavam)
  • зажелая pf (zaželaja), зажелавам impf (zaželavam)
  • изжелая pf (izželaja), изжелавам impf (izželavam)
  • отжелая pf (otželaja), отжелавам impf (otželavam, to make s.o. stop wishing)
  • пожелая pf (poželaja), пожелавам impf (poželavam)
  • же́лба (žélba), жела́ние (želánie, wish) (aciton nouns)
  • жела́тел m (želátel), жела́телка f (želátelka) (agent nouns)
    • доброжела́тел (dobroželátel, well-wisher, supporter)
    • зложела́тел (zloželátel, detractor, antagonist)
  • жела́н (želán, desired)
  • въжделе́я (vǎždeléja, to desire strongly) (poetic)

References

  • желая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • желая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532

Anagrams

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈɫajə]

Participle

жела́я • (želája)

  1. present imperfective adverbial participle of жела́ть (želátʹ): while wishing, desiring
  2. present imperfective adverbial participle of хоте́ть (xotétʹ): while wanting
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