Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic жладьба (žladĭba) with colloquial assimilation of -дб- → -дв-, from Proto-Slavic *žеldьba. Morphologically equivalent to жла́дя (žládja, to pay) (obsolete, archaic) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɫadvɐ]
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Noun

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жла́два (žládvaf

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) financial loss

Declension

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Alternative forms

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References

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  • жладьба in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"