алчба

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɫd͡ʒbɐ]
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Noun[edit]

а́лчба (álčbaf

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

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References[edit]

  • 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"