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)

  1. (poetic) nimble, lithe
    Synonyms: напори́ст (naporíst), бу́ен (búen), бърз (bǎrz)
  2. (dialect) strange, oddball, whimsical, perverse (unusual or degraded in character)
  3. (dialect) vile, accursed; evil
    Synonym: зъл (zǎl)
  4. secretive, clandestine
    Synonyms: пота́ен (potáen), скрит (skrit), лука́в (lukáv)
  5. (poetic) sorrowful, doleful, morose
    Synonym: печа́лен (pečálen)
  6. (mathematics) odd (not divisible by 2)
    Synonyms: нече́тен (nečéten), тек (tek)

Declension

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)
  • ли́пса (lípsa, lack) (cognate Greek loanword)
  • ли́хва (líhva, interest, fee) (cognate Gothic loanword)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲix]

Adjective

лих • (lix)

  1. short masculine singular of лихо́й (lixój)

Noun

лих • (lix) n inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ли́хо (líxo)
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