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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic алчьба (alčĭba, “hunger, thirst”), from Proto-Slavic *оlčьba, *alьčьba. Morphologically equivalent to а́лчен (álčen, “greedy”) + -ба (-ba).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́лчба • (álčba) f
- (dated) greed
- Synonym: а́лчност (álčnost)
Declension
Declension of а́лчба
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singular
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а́лчба
álčba
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а́лчбата
álčbata
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References
- “алчба”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- алчьба in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"