алчба

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫd͡ʒbɐ]

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Noun

а́лчба • (álčba) f

1. (dated) greed

   Synonym: а́лчност (álčnost)

Declension

Declension of а́лчба

	singular
indefinite	а́лчба álčba
definite	а́лчбата álčbata

Related terms

• а́лчност (álčnost), алчноти́я (alčnotíja, “greed”)

References

• “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"