молба

From Proto-Slavic *modlьba. Morphologically equivalent to мо́ля (mólja, “to beg, to pray”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

• IPA^(key): [moɫˈba]

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• Rhymes: -ba
• Hyphenation^(key): мол‧ба

молба́ • (molbá) f

1. request, plea

   Synonym: (dialectal) про́сба (prósba)

• моли́тва (molítva, “prayer”)

• “молба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “молба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modlьba. By surface analysis, моли (moli, “to beg”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔɫba]

молба • (molba) f (plural молби, relational adjective молбен)

1. request, plea

• молитва f (molitva)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian молба / molba, from Proto-Slavic *modlьba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔlba]
• Rhymes: -ɔlba
• Hyphenation: мол‧ба

молба (molba) f (diminutive молбочка, related adjective молбови)

1. request, plea

   Synonyms: замодлєнє (zamodljenje), (obsolete) просба (prosba)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “молба”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “request”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 249

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modlьba.

• IPA^(key): /mǒlba/

мо̀лба f (Latin spelling mòlba)

1. request

   Имам једну молбу за тебе. ― I have a request for you.

• мо̀лити

• “молба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025