алчба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic алчьба (alčĭba, “hunger, thirst”), from Proto-Slavic *оlčьba, *alьčьba. Morphologically equivalent to а́лчен (álčen, “greedy”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɫd͡ʒbɐ]
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Noun

а́лчба • (álčba) f

  1. (dated) greed
    Synonym: а́лчност (álčnost)

Declension

Declension of а́лчба
singular
indefinite а́лчба
álčba
definite а́лчбата
álčbata

References

  • “алчба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • алчьба in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
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