лих
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лихъ (lixŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lixъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lix]
Adjective
лих • (lih) (adverb ли́хо, abstract noun ли́хост or лихота́) (obsolete)
- (poetic) nimble, lithe
- (dialect) strange, oddball, whimsical, perverse (unusual or degraded in character)
- (dialect) vile, accursed; evil
- Synonym: зъл (zǎl)
- secretive, clandestine
- (poetic) sorrowful, doleful, morose
- Synonym: печа́лен (pečálen)
- (mathematics) odd (not divisible by 2)
- Synonyms: нече́тен (nečéten), тек (tek)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | лих lih |
ли́ха líha |
ли́хо lího |
ли́хи líhi |
| definite (subject form) |
ли́хият líhijat |
ли́хата líhata |
ли́хото líhoto |
ли́хите líhite |
| definite (object form) |
ли́хия líhija | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | по́-ли́х pó-líh |
по́-ли́ха pó-líha |
по́-ли́хо pó-lího |
по́-ли́хи pó-líhi |
| definite (subject form) |
по́-ли́хият pó-líhijat |
по́-ли́хата pó-líhata |
по́-ли́хото pó-líhoto |
по́-ли́хите pó-líhite |
| definite (object form) |
по́-ли́хия pó-líhija | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | на́й-ли́х náj-líh |
на́й-ли́ха náj-líha |
на́й-ли́хо náj-lího |
на́й-ли́хи náj-líhi |
| definite (subject form) |
на́й-ли́хият náj-líhijat |
на́й-ли́хата náj-líhata |
на́й-ли́хото náj-líhoto |
на́й-ли́хите náj-líhite |
| definite (object form) |
на́й-ли́хия náj-líhija | |||
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- лиша́ (lišá, “to destitute”), лише́ние (lišénie, “destitution”)
- лиху́я (lihúja, “to sly, to cheat, to deceive”) (dialectal)
- ли́хичък (líhičǎk) (diminutive)
- лихо́т (lihót, “beast, wild animal”) (dialectal)
Related terms
- ли́пса (lípsa, “lack”) (cognate Greek loanword)
- ли́хва (líhva, “interest, fee”) (cognate Gothic loanword)
References
- “лих”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лих”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лихъ, -а, -о”, 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 16
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лих”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲix]
Etymology 1
Adjective
лих • (lix)
- short masculine singular of лихо́й (lixój)
Etymology 2
Noun
лих • (lix) n inan pl
- genitive plural of ли́хо (líxo)