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): [ˈaɫd͡ʒbə]

Noun

а́лчба • (álčba) f

(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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
алчьба in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"