жда

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Convergence of ща да (šta da, to will, to seek to) (< Old Church Slavonic хътѣти (xŭtěti)< Proto-Slavic *xъtěti) and dialectal жъда́ (žǎdá, to await) (< Old Church Slavonic жьдати (žĭdati)< Proto-Slavic *žьdati).

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Particle

жда (žda)

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) used to form (periphrastic) future and future perfect tense

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Verb

жда (žda) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (dialectal, transitive) Alternative form of жъда́ (žǎdá): to expect, to look forward to

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References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жда¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 527
  • жьдати in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"