лик

• IPA^(key): [lik]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“face”), of disputed origin. Possibly deverbal of ли́я (líja, “to pour, to cast”) with original meaning “contour, layout”.

лик • (lik) m (relational adjective ли́чав)

1. countenance, appearance
2. outline, profile, silhouette; (particularly) facial feature

• ли́ка f (líka, “feature, similarity”)
• лице́ n (licé, “face”)
• лича́ (ličá, “to distinguish”) (causative-iterative)

• “лик¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ликъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 13
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 397

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“play”), probably of Germanic origin, although the exact source is unknown (compare Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan, “to jump around”)).

лик • (lik) m (ecclesiastical, dated)

1. choir, group of performers

   лик певци ― lik pevci ― a choir of singers

   лик от светци и мъченици ― lik ot svetci i mǎčenici ― an group of saints and martyrs

2. formal celebration, fest, rite (usually including singing and dancing)

   Coordinate terms: веселба (veselba), тържество (tǎržestvo), честване (čestvane)

3. (dated) type of dance

• “лик², лик³, лик⁴”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 398
• “ликъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

• IPA^(key): [lik]

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лик • (lik) m (relational adjective личен)

1. character (e.g. in a book)
2. countenance

• ликъ (lik) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

• IPA^(key): [lʲik]

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лик • (lik) m inan (genitive ли́ка, nominative plural ли́ки, genitive plural ли́ков)

1. (poetic) face
2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) image or representation of a face on an icon

• лицо́ (licó)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

• IPA^(key): /lîːk/

ли̑к m inan (Latin spelling lȋk)

1. form, shape, figure, appearance
2. image, effigy
3. character, persona (in a work of art)
4. (by extension, colloquial) guy, bloke, dude, character

   ти си неки чудан лик.

   You're a weird guy.