тъжба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tǫžьba. Morphologically equivalent to тъжа́ (tǎžá, “to grieve, to lament”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɤʒbɐ]

Noun

тъ́жба • (tǎ́žba) f

1. complaint, lament

   Synonyms: опла́кване (oplákvane), жа́лба (žálba)

2. (poetic, uncountable) sorrow, pity

Declension

Declension of тъ́жба

	singular	plural
indefinite	тъ́жба tǎ́žba	тъ́жби tǎ́žbi
definite	тъ́жбата tǎ́žbata	тъ́жбите tǎ́žbite

Alternative forms

• ту́жба (túžba) — dialectal

Related terms

• тъ́га (tǎ́ga, “sadness”)
• те́жест (téžest), те́гло (téglo, “weight, burden”)

References

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