lev

lev

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lamma.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lamma terms

Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv, “lion”). Doublet of Leo, leu, lion, and Lyon.

• IPA^(key): /lɛv/^[1]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛv

lev (plural leva or levs)

1. The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki.

• ELV, vel

lev m (plural levow)

1. voice

• “lev” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛf]
• Hyphenation: lev
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Inherited from Old Czech lev, from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.

lev m anim (female equivalent lvice, relational adjective lví, diminutive lvíček)

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), ultimately from the same root as Etymology 1.

lev m inan

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

• “lev”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lev”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lev”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Old Danish lev, from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread”), cognate with Swedish lev, English loaf, German Laib, Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs).

• IPA^(key): /leːˀv/, [ˈleːˀw], [ˈlewˀ]

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leve)

1. (archaic) bread

• “Lev,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Bulgarian лев (lev).

• IPA^(key): /lɛf/, [ˈlɛf]

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leva)

1. lef (currency in Bulgaria)

• “lev” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /leːˀv/, [ˈleːˀw], [ˈlewˀ]

lev

1. imperative of leve

• Audio:

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lev m (plural levs)

1. lev

• “lev”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv, “lion”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlep̚/
• Hyphenation: lév

lév (plural lev-lev)

1. lev: the currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

• “lev” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

lev

1. imperative of leve

lev

1. imperative of leva

• ľev (alternative writing)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈlɛʋ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlɛf/

lev m animal

1. lion

• Czech: lev

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “lev”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread”).

lev

1. bread

• Danish: lev

• “lev” in Gammeldansk Ordbog

lev m (plural levs)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

• leav (Sutsilvan)
• leiv (Vallader)

From Latin levem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

• IPA^(key): /lɛf/

lev m (feminine singular leva, masculine plural levs, feminine plural levas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) light (of weight)
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) easy

• (Puter, Vallader) liger

• IPA^(key): [ʎeʋ]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: leu

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.

lev m animal (female equivalent levica, relational adjective leví or levský or levový, diminutive levík or levíček)

1. lion

• levíča n

Derived from Bulgarian лев (lev).

lev m inan

1. lev, currency of Bulgaria

• “lev”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from a Germanic source (possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)). Can ultimately be traced back to Latin leō, which comes from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), a word that is possibly a Semitic or an Akkadian borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /lɛ́ʋ/

lȅv m anim (female equivalent levínja)

1. lion

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lèv
gen. sing.	lêva
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lèv	lêva	lêvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lêva	lêvov	lêvov
dative (dajȃlnik)	lêvu	lêvoma	lêvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lêva	lêva	lêve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lêvu	lêvih	lêvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lêvom	lêvoma	lêvi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lèv
gen. sing.	léva
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lèv	léva	lévi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	léva	lévov	lévov
dative (dajȃlnik)	lévu	lévoma	lévom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	léva	léva	léve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lévu	lévih	lévih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lévom	lévoma	lévi

• lȇvček

• “lev”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /leːv/

From Old Swedish lever, from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Cognate with Icelandic hleifur, English loaf, German Laib.

lev c

1. a loaf of bread

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lev

1. imperative of leva

From Bulgarian лев (lev, “lion”).

lev (plural leva)

1. lev, the currency of Bulgaria

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Russian лев (lev).

lev

1. lion

Inflection of lev (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	lev
genitive sing.	levan
partitive sing.	levad
partitive plur.	levoid
	singular	plural
nominative	lev	levad
accusative	levan	levad
genitive	levan	levoiden
partitive	levad	levoid
essive-instructive	levan	levoin
translative	levaks	levoikš
inessive	levas	levoiš
elative	levaspäi	levoišpäi
illative	levaha	levoihe
adessive	leval	levoil
ablative	levalpäi	levoilpäi
allative	levale	levoile
abessive	levata	levoita
comitative	levanke	levoidenke
prolative	levadme	levoidme
approximative I	levanno	levoidenno
approximative II	levannoks	levoidennoks
egressive	levannopäi	levoidennopäi
terminative I	levahasai	levoihesai
terminative II	levalesai	levoilesai
terminative III	levassai	—
additive I	levahapäi	levoihepäi
additive II	levalepäi	levoilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лев”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika