липса

Verbal noun of Bulgarian липсвам (lipsvam, “to lack, to be absent”), from the sigmatic aorist ἔλειψα (éleipsa) or future λείψω (leípsō) of Byzantine Greek λείπω (leípō, “to lack, to be absent”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlipsɐ]

ли́пса • (lípsa) f

1. absence
2. lack, want, deficiency
3. plague, epidemic (dialectal—Strandzha, Veliko Tŭrnovo)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “липса”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 418