ищах
Bulgarian
Etymology
From an earlier ишти́х (ištíh)/ишта́х (ištáh), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish يشتاه, from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʾ, “craving”). Probably remodelled under the influence of the native outdated Bulgarian ища́й (ištáj, “claim”). Cognate with Turkish iştah (“appetite”), Serbo-Croatian ишта̄х.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iˈʃtax]
Noun
ища́х • (ištáh) m
- (colloquial) wish, desire
- Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)
- (colloquial) appetite
- Synonym: апети́т (apetít)
Alternative forms
- ища́в (ištáv) (outdated)
- иштя́х (ištjáh) (Southestern dialectal)
- ишча́х (iščáh) (Western dialectal)
Declension
Declension of ища́х
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ища́х ištáh | ища́си ištási |
| definite (subject form) | ища́хът ištáhǎt | ища́сите ištásite |
| definite (object form) | ища́ха ištáha | |
| count form | — | ища́ха ištáha |
Derived terms
- ищахли́я (ištahlíja), ищафли́я (ištaflíja, “person with strong appetite”) (colloquial)
References
- ищах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- ищах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “ищах”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 97