Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *modlьba. Morphologically equivalent to мо́ля (mólja, to beg, to pray) +‎ -ба (-ba).

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Noun edit

молба́ (molbáf

  1. request, plea
    Synonym: (dialectal) про́сба (prósba)

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References edit

  • молба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • молба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modlьba. By surface analysis, моли (moli, to beg) +‎ -ба (-ba).

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Noun edit

молба (molbaf (plural молби, relational adjective молбен)

  1. request, plea

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modlьba.

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мо̀лба f (Latin spelling mòlba)

  1. request
    Имам једну молбу за тебе. - I have a request for you.

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