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
Declension
| 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- ища́в (ištáv) — outdated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), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 97