личба
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ličьba. Morphologically equivalent to лича́ (ličá, “to seem, to indicate”) + -ба (-ba). Compare Macedonian лиџба (lidžba, “beauty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlid͡ʒbɐ]
Noun
ли́чба • (líčba) f
- (dialectal) sign, indication
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ли́чба líčba |
ли́чби líčbi |
| definite | ли́чбата líčbata |
ли́чбите líčbite |
Derived terms
- поли́чба (políčba, “omen”)
Related terms
- ли́к (lík), лице́ (licé, “face”)
- нали́чие (nalíčie), нали́чност (nalíčnost, “presence, availability”)
- отли́чие (otlíčie, “distinction, honors”)
References
- “личба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “личба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “личба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 442