лице

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [liˈt͡sɛ]

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лице́ • (licé) n (relational adjective ли́цев)

1. frontal profile
   1. face

      лице в лице ― lice v lice ― face to face, nose to nose

      пред лицето на ― pred liceto na ― in the face of

      на лице ― na lice ― at hand, in availability

      с лице към ― s lice kǎm ― with [a] face towards, facing

      обръщам се с лице към ― obrǎštam se s lice kǎm ― to face, to make front to

      изсмивам се в лицето на някого ― izsmivam se v liceto na njakogo ― to laugh in someone's face

      казвам нещо в лицето на някого ― kazvam nešto v liceto na njakogo ― to say something to someone's face

      познавам по лице ― poznavam po lice ― to know by sight

      имам лице да ― imam lice da ― to have the face to, to have the cheek to

   2. physiognomy, countenance (facial appearance/expression)

      Synonyms: физиономия (fizionomija), изражение (izraženie)

      безизразно лице ― bezizrazno lice ― poker face

      изписано някому на лицето ― izpisano njakomu na liceto ― written on one's countenance

      правя лице някому/на някого (ideom) ― pravja lice njakomu/na njakogo ― to fawn on s.o. (literally, “to make face at s.o.”)

   3. facade, front (of a building, structure)
   4. obverse (of a coin or a medal)
   5. (shoemaking) upper, vamp
2. (by metonymy) individual
   1. person

      Synonym: човек (čovek)

      в лицето на ― v liceto na ― in the person of

      длъжностно лице ― dlǎžnostno lice ― an official, an office-holder, a functionary

      официални лица ― oficialni lica ― official representatives/guests

      частно лице ― častno lice ― a private individual

      поставено лице ― postaveno lice ― a straw man, a dummy

      техническо лице ― tehničesko lice ― an expert, a qualified technician

      упълномощено лице ― upǎlnomošteno lice ― a person in authority

      (law) физическо лице ― (law) fizičesko lice ― a natural person, a physical person

      (law) юридическо лице ― (law) juridičesko lice ― juridical person, body corporate, corporate body, corporation, legal entity

   2. (literature) character (a being involved in the action of a story)

      Synonym: персонаж (personaž)

      действащи лица (в пиеса) ― dejstvašti lica (v piesa) ― dramatis personae, characters

   3. (grammar) person
3. (mathematics, geometry) surface

• лице- (lice-) (in compounds)
  • лицебръ́с (licebrǎ́s, “face towel”) (dialectal)
  • лицеме́р (licemér, “hypocrite”)
  • лицезре́ние (licezrénie, “facial contact”)
  • лицеописа́ние (liceopisánie, “face description”)
  • олицетворе́ние (olicetvorénie, “personification”) (prefixed with о- (o-))
• лича́ (ličá, “to discern”) (causative-iterative), normally as impersonal личи́ (ličí, “[it] seems”)

• лик (lik, “facial feature”)
• ли́ка (líka, “trait, image”) (dialectal)
• ли́чен (líčen, “personal”)
  • ли́чност (líčnost, “personality”)

• “лице”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лице”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лице́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 16
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лице”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 438
• “лице”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlit͡sɛ]

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лице • (lice) n (relational adjective личен, diminutive лиценце)

1. face
2. person (grammar)
3. person, individual

From Proto-Slavic *līcè ("cheek, face").

лице • (lice) n

1. face, cheek

   лицемь къ лицоу, лицемь въ лице, въ лице, на лици ― licemĭ kŭ licu, licemĭ vŭ lice, vŭ lice, na lici ― face to face

   беꙁ лица ― bez lica ― shameless(?), disfigured(?)

   оутвръдити лице своѥ ― utvrŭditi lice svoje ― harden one’s resolve

2. the frontal aspect of something
3. surface
4. appearance, form, countenance

   на лици ― na lici ― outwardly, to appearances

   на лице/лица ꙁьрѣти, на лице/лица сѫдити ― na lice/lica zĭrěti, na lice/lica sǫditi ― to be biased, partial, prejudiced

5. person

   самъ своимь лицемь ― samŭ svoimĭ licemĭ ― personally

6. essence, nature
7. hypostasis

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “лице”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “лице”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈt͡sɛ]

лице́ • (licé) n inan or n anim

1. prepositional singular of лицо́ (licó)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːt͡se/
• Hyphenation: ли‧це

ли́це n (Latin spelling líce)

1. face
2. (grammar) person
3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [ɫeˈt͡sɛ]

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лице́ • (lycé) n inan (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця, genitive plural лиць)

1. face

   Synonym: обли́ччя (oblýččja)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лице”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka