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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Morphologically equivalent to желе́я (želéja, “to regret”) (outdated, dialectal) + -ба (-ba) (standard жа́ля (žálja)).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 | |
|---|---|
| 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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