желба
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɛɫbɐ]
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *želьba (“wish”). Morphologically equivalent to жела́я (želája, “to wish”) + -ба (-ba).
Noun
же́лба • (žélba) f
- (dated) wish, desire
- Христо Ботев (Hristo Botev) Майце си (To My Mother):
- Много аз, мале, много мечтаях / щастие, слава да видим двама, / сила усещах - що не желаях? / Но за вси желби приготви яма!
- Mnogo az, male, mnogo mečtajah / štastie, slava da vidim dvama, / sila useštah - što ne želajah? / No za vsi želbi prigotvi jama!
- I dreamed many a dream, dear mother - / We'd share happiness and glory together. ? / I had the strength - what didn't I desire?! / But for all my desires - a pit lay in wait.
- Христо Ботев (Hristo Botev) Майце си (To My Mother):
Declension
Declension of же́лба
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | же́лба žélba |
же́лби žélbi |
definite | же́лбата žélbata |
же́лбите žélbite |
Related terms
- жела́ние (želánie, “desire”)
References
- “желба¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *žеlьba (“grief, sorrow”). Morphologically equivalent to желе́я (želéja, “to regret”) (outdated, dialectal) + -ба (-ba) (standard жа́ля (žálja)).
Declension
Declension of же́лба
singular | |
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indefinite | же́лба žélba |
definite | же́лбата žélbata |
References
- “желба²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɛɫba]
Declension
Declension of желба
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | желба | желби |
definite unspecified | желбата | желбите |
definite proximal | желбава | желбиве |
definite distal | желбана | желбине |
vocative | желбо | желби |
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