желба
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Bulgarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *želьba (“wish”). Morphologically equivalent to жела́я (želája, “to wish”) + -ба (-ba).
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of же́лба
Related terms
[edit]- жела́ние (želánie, “desire”)
References
[edit]- “желба¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *žеlьba (“grief, sorrow”). Morphologically equivalent to желе́я (želéja, “to regret”) (outdated, dialectal) + -ба (-ba) (standard жа́ля (žálja)).
Noun
[edit]же́лба • (žélba) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of же́лба
singular | |
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indefinite | же́лба žélba |
definite | же́лбата žélbata |
References
[edit]- “желба²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]желба • (želba) f (relational adjective желбен, diminutive желбичка or желбиче)
Declension
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