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

Positive forms of лих

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	лих lih	ли́ха líha	ли́хо lího	ли́хи líhi
definite (subject form)	ли́хият líhijat	ли́хата líhata	ли́хото líhoto	ли́хите líhite
definite (object form)	ли́хия líhija

Comparative forms of лих

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ли́х pó-líh	по́-ли́ха pó-líha	по́-ли́хо pó-lího	по́-ли́хи pó-líhi
definite (subject form)	по́-ли́хият pó-líhijat	по́-ли́хата pó-líhata	по́-ли́хото pó-líhoto	по́-ли́хите pó-líhite
definite (object form)	по́-ли́хия pó-líhija

Superlative forms of лих

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ли́х náj-líh	на́й-ли́ха náj-líha	на́й-ли́хо náj-lího	на́й-ли́хи náj-líhi
definite (subject form)	на́й-ли́хият náj-líhijat	на́й-ли́хата náj-líhata	на́й-ли́хото náj-líhoto	на́й-ли́хите náj-líhite
definite (object form)	на́й-ли́хия náj-líhija

Alternative forms

• лив (liv), лиф (lif) — Southwestern dialects

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)

Related terms

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

References

• “лих”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лих”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лихъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 16
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лих”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲix]

Etymology 1

Adjective

лих • (lix)

1. short masculine singular of лихо́й (lixój)

Etymology 2

Noun

лих • (lix) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of ли́хо (líxo)