ляв

See also: лав

Bulgarian
ляво

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěvъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲa̟f]

Adjective

ляв • (ljav) (abstract noun ля́вост)

  1. left, left-hand
  2. leftward
  3. (politics) left-wing, leftist

Declension
Positive forms of ляв
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite ляв
ljav		 ля́ва
ljáva		 ля́во
ljávo		 ле́ви
lévi
definite
(subject form)		 ле́вият
lévijat		 ля́вата
ljávata		 ля́вото
ljávoto		 ле́вите
lévite
definite
(object form)		 ле́вия
lévija
Comparative forms of ляв
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite по́-ля́в
pó-ljáv		 по́-ля́ва
pó-ljáva		 по́-ля́во
pó-ljávo		 по́-ле́ви
pó-lévi
definite
(subject form)		 по́-ле́вият
pó-lévijat		 по́-ля́вата
pó-ljávata		 по́-ля́вото
pó-ljávoto		 по́-ле́вите
pó-lévite
definite
(object form)		 по́-ле́вия
pó-lévija
Superlative forms of ляв
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite на́й-ля́в
náj-ljáv		 на́й-ля́ва
náj-ljáva		 на́й-ля́во
náj-ljávo		 на́й-ле́ви
náj-lévi
definite
(subject form)		 на́й-ле́вият
náj-lévijat		 на́й-ля́вата
náj-ljávata		 на́й-ля́вото
náj-ljávoto		 на́й-ле́вите
náj-lévite
definite
(object form)		 на́й-ле́вия
náj-lévija

Alternative forms
  • лев (lev) — dialectal, colloquial

Derived terms
  • леве́я се (levéja se) (stative verb)
  • лева́к m (levák), лева́чка f (leváčka, “left-hander”) (agent nouns)
    • лева́ча се (leváča se)
  • леви́ца (levíca, “left wing/hand”)

References
  • “ляв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “ляв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ляв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 586
  • “левъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

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