лига

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliɡɐ]
  • Rhymes: -iɡɐ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liga.

Noun

ли́га • (lígaf

  1. spittle, saliva, slobber, drool
Declension
Declension of ли́га
singular plural
indefinite ли́га
líga
ли́ги
lígi
definite ли́гата
lígata
ли́гите
lígite
Derived terms
  • ли́гав (lígav, slobbery)
    • ли́гавец (lígavec, snail) (dialectal)
    • ли́гавник (lígavnik, bib)
    • лига́вя се (ligávja se, to drool)
  • лигли́в (liglív, slobbery) (dialectal)
  • ли́гльо m (lígljo), ли́гла f (lígla, agent nouns) (colloquil)
  • лигота́ (ligotá) (obsolete), лиготи́я (ligotíja, slobbery behaviour)
  • ли́гуш m (líguš), ли́гушка f (líguška, agent nouns) (dilaectal)
See also
  • ли́жа (líža, to lick) (from a similar root)
  • слиз (sliz, mucus, sludge) (dialectal), сълза́ (sǎlzá, tear) (from a similar root, with s-mobile)

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ligue.

Noun

ли́га • (lígaf

  1. league

References

  • лига²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лига (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Dargwa

Etymology

Akin to Archi лекки (lekki).

Noun

лига • (liga)

  1. bone

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ليگا
Cyrillic лига
Latin liga

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ли́га (líga), ultimately from Latin ligō.

Noun

лига • (liga)

  1. (sports) league

Declension

Declension of лига
singular plural
nominative лига (liga) лигалар (ligalar)
genitive лиганың (liganyñ) лигалардың (ligalardyñ)
dative лигаға (ligağa) лигаларға (ligalarğa)
accusative лиганы (ligany) лигаларды (ligalardy)
locative лигада (ligada) лигаларда (ligalarda)
ablative лигадан (ligadan) лигалардан (ligalardan)
instrumental лигамен (ligamen) лигалармен (ligalarmen)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliɡa]

Noun

лига • (ligaf

  1. league, association

Noun

лига • (ligaf (relational adjective лигав)

  1. drool, slobber

Declension

Declension of лига
singular plural
indefinite лига (liga) лиги (ligi)
definite unspecified лигата (ligata) лигите (ligite)
definite proximal лигава (ligava) лигиве (ligive)
definite distal лигана (ligana) лигине (ligine)
vocative лиго (ligo) лиги (ligi)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲiɡə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ли́га • (lígaf inan (genitive ли́ги, nominative plural ли́ги, genitive plural лиг)

  1. (union) league
  2. (sports) league
  3. (unit of distance) league
  4. (music) tie, slur, bind

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: լիգա (liga)

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Spanish, Italian lega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ли‧га

Noun

ли́га f (Latin spelling líga)

  1. league (politics, sports, general)

Declension

Declension of лига
singular plural
nominative лига лиге
genitive лиге лига
dative лиги лигама
accusative лигу лиге
vocative лиго лиге
locative лиги лигама
instrumental лигом лигама

References

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