жаждя

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žęděti (ě/i-conj.), parallel to synonymous Bulgarian жаду́вам (žadúvam), же́дам (žédam). In some dialects levelled out as pure i-conjugation (as if from *žęďiti).

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Verb

жа́ждя or жаждя́ (žáždja or žaždjá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive, dialectal) to crave, to yearn, to long for, to dream about
    Synonyms: блену́вам (blenúvam), въжделе́я (vǎždeléja)

Conjugation

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References

  • жаждя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жѧдѣти in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"