просба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prosьba. Morphologically equivalent to про́ся (prósja, “to beg”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔzbɐ]

Noun

про́сба • (prósba) f

1. (dated) inquiry, request

   Synonyms: проше́ние (prošénie), запи́тване (zapítvane)

2. (dialectal) plea

   Synonym: молба́ (molbá)

Declension

Declension of про́сба

	singular	plural
indefinite	про́сба prósba	про́сби prósbi
definite	про́сбата prósbata	про́сбите prósbite

Related terms

• проше́ние (prošénie, “inquiry”)
• проси́я (prosíja, “begging, mendicity”)

References

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