ищах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier ишти́х (ištíh), ишта́х (ištáh), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اشتاه (iştah), from Classical Persian اِشْتِها (ištihā), from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [iʃˈtax]
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Noun

ища́х • (ištáh) m

  1. (colloquial) wish, desire
    Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)
  2. (colloquial) appetite
    Synonym: апети́т (apetít)

Declension
Declension of ища́х
singular plural
indefinite ища́х
ištáh		 ища́си
ištási
definite
(subject form)		 ища́хът
ištáhǎt		 ища́сите
ištásite
definite
(object form)		 ища́ха
ištáha
count form — ища́ха
ištáha

Alternative forms
  • ища́в (ištáv) — outdated
  • иштя́х (ištjáh) — Southestern dialectal
  • ишча́х (iščáh) — Western dialectal

Derived terms
  • ищахли́я (ištahlíja), ищафли́я (ištaflíja, “person with strong appetite”) (colloquial)

References
  • “ищах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “ищах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ищах”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 97
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