лихва

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlixvə/

Noun

лихва (líhva) f

1. (finance) interest (the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed)

Inflection

inflection of лихва

	singular	plural
indefinite	лихва	лихви
definite	лихвата	лихвите
vocative form	лихво	лихви

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰 (leiƕa).

Noun

лихва (lixva) f

1. interest

Descendants

• Bulgarian: лихва (líhva)
• Russian: лихва (lixvá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лихва

  Roman: lihva

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʲɪxˈva/

Noun

лихва • (lixvá) f

1. (dated) interest, profit (still used in expressions)

   отплати́ть с лихво́й — to repay with interest

Declension

    declension of лихва

	singular	plural
nominative	лихва́	лихвы́
genitive	лихвы́	лихв
dative	лихве́	лихва́м
accusative	лихву́	лихвы́
instrumental	лихво́й, лихво́ю	лихва́ми
prepositional	лихве́	лихва́х