želja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒěʎa/
- Hyphenation: že‧lja
Noun
žèlja f (Cyrillic spelling жѐља)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žèlja | žȅlje |
| genitive | žèljē | žéljā |
| dative | žȅlji | žèljama |
| accusative | žȅlju | žȅlje |
| vocative | žȅljo | žȅlje |
| locative | žèlji | žèljama |
| instrumental | žèljōm | žèljama |
Further reading
- “želja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Slovene
Etymology
Related to the verb želeti (“to wish”), both from Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛ̀ːlja/
Noun
žélja f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêlja | ||
| gen. sing. | žêlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêlja | žêlji | žêlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
žêlje | žêlj | žêlj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêlji | žêljama | žêljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
žêljo | žêlji | žêlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêlji | žêljah | žêljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
žêljo | žêljama | žêljami |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêlja | ||
| gen. sing. | željé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêlja | željé | željé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
željé | željá | željá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêlji | željáma | željàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
željó | željé | željé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêlji | željàh | željàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
željó | željáma | željámi |