ищах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier ишти́х (ištíh), ишта́х (ištáh), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اشتاه‎ (iştah), from Persian ‎ (eštehâ), ultimately from Arabic اِشْتِهاء‎ (ištihāʔ, “craving”). Probably remodelled under the influence of the native outdated Bulgarian ища́й (ištáj, “claim”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iʃˈtax]

Noun

ища́х • (ištáh) m

(colloquial) wish, desire
Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)
(colloquial) appetite
Synonym: апети́т (apetít)

Declension

Declension of ища́х

	singular	plural
indefinite	ища́х ištáh	ища́си ištási
definite (subject form)	ища́хът ištáhǎt	ища́сите ištásite
definite (object form)	ища́ха ištáha	ища́сите ištásite
count form	—	ища́ха ištáha

Alternative forms

ища́в (ištáv) – outdated
иштя́х (ištjáh) – Southestern dialectal
ишча́х (iščáh) – Western dialectal

Derived terms

ищахли́я (ištahlíja), ищафли́я (ištaflíja, “person with strong appetite”) (colloquial)

References

ищах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
ищах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “ищах”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 97

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