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

1. (colloquial) wish, desire

   Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)

2. (colloquial) appetite

   Synonym: апети́т (apetít)

Declension

Declension of ища́х

	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• ища́в (ištáv) — outdated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