липса

Bulgarian

Etymology

Verbal noun of Bulgarian липсвам (lipsvam, “to lack, to be absent”), from the sigmatic aorist ἔλειψα (éleipsa) or future λείψω (leípsō) of Byzantine Greek λείπω (leípō, “to lack, to be absent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlipsɐ]

Noun

ли́пса • (lípsa) f

1. absence
2. lack, want, deficiency
3. plague, epidemic (dialectal—Strandzha, Veliko Tŭrnovo)

Declension

Declension of ли́пса

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́пса lípsa	ли́пси lípsi
definite	ли́псата lípsata	ли́псите lípsite

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “липса”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 418