želja
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See also: zelja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation
Noun
žȅlja f (Cyrillic spelling же̏ља)
Declension
Declension of želja
Further reading
- “želja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation
Noun
žélja f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêlja | ||
| gen. sing. | žêlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêlja | žêlji | žêlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
žêlje | žêlj | žêlj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêlji | žêljama | žêljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
žêljo | žêlji | žêlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêlji | žêljah | žêljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
žêljo | žêljama | žêljami |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêlja | ||
| gen. sing. | željé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêlja | željé | željé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
željé | željá | željá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêlji | željáma | željàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
željó | željé | željé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêlji | željàh | željàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
željó | željáma | željámi |
Related terms
Further reading
- “želja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “želja”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references