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Bulgarian
Etymology
Deverbal noun from жела́я (želája, “to wish, to desire”) + -ние (-nie), from Proto-Slavic *želati.
Pronunciation
Noun
жела́ние • (želánie) n
- desire, wish
Declension
References
- “желание”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
желание • (želanie) n
- (archaic) wish
Declension
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
жела́ть (želátʹ) + -а́ние (-ánije)
Pronunciation
Noun
жела́ние • (želánije) n inan (genitive жела́ния, nominative plural жела́ния, genitive plural жела́ний)
- wish, desire
- Synonyms: охо́та f (oxóta), хоте́ние n (xoténije)
Declension
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