лъв

See also: Лъв

Archi

Letter

лъв (lʰʷ) (lower case, upper case Лъв)

  1. The forty-sixth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic львь (lĭvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, ultimately from Latin leō via a Germanic language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫɤf] [ɫʷɤf]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

лъв • (lǎvm (feminine лъви́ца, relational adjective лъ́вов or лъ́вски, diminutive лъ́вче)

  1. lion (mammal)
    Synonym: (archaic, name of currency) лев (lev)
  2. a Leo (person with the zodiac sign)

Declension

Declension of лъв
singular plural
indefinite лъв
lǎv
лъ́вове
lǎ́vove
definite
(subject form)
лъвъ́т
lǎvǎ́t
лъ́вовете
lǎ́vovete
definite
(object form)
лъва́
lǎvá
count form лъ́ва
lǎ́va
vocative form лъ́ве
lǎ́ve
лъ́вове
lǎ́vove

References

  • лъв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лъв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лъв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, pages 535-536