дялба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělьba. Morphologically equivalent to дял (djal, “share”) +‎ -ба (-ba). Doublet of делба́ (delbá), a dialectal variant spread from Western dialects, which is more frequently attested.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdʲa̟ɫbɐ]
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Noun

дя́лба • (djálba) f

(obsolete) division

Inflection

Declension of дя́лба

	singular	plural
indefinite	дя́лба djálba	де́лби délbi
definite	дя́лбата djálbata	де́лбите délbite

Alternative forms

делба́ (delbá) — dialectal

Derived terms

подя́лба (podjálba, “partitioning”)
раздя́лба (razdjálba, “break-up, parting”)

Related terms

деле́ние (delénie, “division”)
до́ля (dólja, “destiny”) (obsolete, poetic)

References

“делба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“делба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010