Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želàti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʒɛˈɫajɐ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

жела́я (želája) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to wish, to desire, to long for
    Synonyms: копне́я (kopnéja), блену́вам (blenúvam)
    жела́я даželája dato desire to
  2. (ditransitive) to wish
    жела́я някому нещоželája njakomu neštoto wish s.o. something
    Жела́я ви ве́сели пра́зници.
    Želája vi véseli práznici.
    I wish you merry holidays.
  3. (reflexive with си) to wish for oneself

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References edit

  • желая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • желая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532

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жела́я (želája)

  1. present imperfective adverbial participle of жела́ть (želátʹ): while wishing, desiring
  2. present imperfective adverbial participle of хоте́ть (xotétʹ): while wanting