želja

See also: zelja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒêʎa/
• Hyphenation: že‧lja

Noun

žȅlja f (Cyrillic spelling же̏ља)

1. wish, desire

Declension

Declension of želja

	singular	plural
nominative	žȅlja	žȅlje
genitive	žȅljē	žȇljā
dative	žȅlji	žȅljama
accusative	žȅlju	žȅlje
vocative	žȅljo	žȅlje
locative	žȅlji	žȅljama
instrumental	žȅljōm	žȅljama

Further reading

• “želja” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ̀ːlja/

Noun

žélja f

1. wish, desire

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	žêlja
gen. sing.	žêlje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	žêlja	žêlji	žêlje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	žêlje	žêlj	žêlj
dative (dajȃlnik)	žêlji	žêljama	žêljam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	žêljo	žêlji	žêlje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	žêlji	žêljah	žêljah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	žêljo	žêljama	žêljami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	žêlja
gen. sing.	željé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	žêlja	željé	željé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	željé	željá	željá
dative (dajȃlnik)	žêlji	željáma	željàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	željó	željé	željé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	žêlji	željàh	željàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	željó	željáma	željámi

Related terms

• želeti

Further reading

• “želja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “želja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references