лъв

See also: Лъв

Archi

Letter

лъв (lʰʷ) (lower case, upper case Лъв)

1. The forty-sixth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аа аа, Аӏ аӏ, Ааӏ ааӏ, Ы ы, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъӏ гъӏ, Гъӏв гъӏв, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е, Ее ее, Еӏ еӏ, Ж ж, Жв жв, З з, Зв зв, И и, Ии ии, Иӏ иӏ, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Кв кв, Ккв ккв, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Ккъ ккъ, Къӏ къӏ, Ккъӏ ккъӏ, Къӏв къӏв, Ккъӏв ккъӏв, Кь кь, Кьв кьв, Л л, Лъ лъ, Ллъ ллъ, Лъв лъв, Ллъв ллъв, Лӏ лӏ, Лӏв лӏв, М м, Н н, О о, Оо оо, Оӏ оӏ, Ооӏ ооӏ, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Св св, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тв тв, У у, Уу уу, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хх хх, Хв хв, Ххв ххв, Хӏ хӏ, Хьӏ хьӏ, Ххьӏ ххьӏ, Хьӏв хьӏв, Ххьӏв ххьӏв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хъӏ хъӏ, Хъӏв хъӏв, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цӏ цӏ, Ццӏ ццӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Щ щ, Шв шв, Щв щв, Э э, Ээ ээ, Эӏ эӏ

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic львь (lĭvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, ultimately from Latin leō via a Germanic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɤf] [ɫʷɤf]

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Noun

лъв • (lǎv) m (feminine лъви́ца, relational adjective лъ́вов or лъ́вски, diminutive лъ́вче)

1. lion (mammal)

   Synonym: (archaic, name of currency) лев (lev)

2. a Leo (person with the zodiac sign)

Declension

Declension of лъв

	singular	plural
indefinite	лъв lǎv	лъ́вове lǎ́vove
definite (subject form)	лъвъ́т lǎvǎ́t	лъ́вовете lǎ́vovete
definite (object form)	лъва́ lǎvá
count form	—	лъ́ва lǎ́va
vocative form	лъ́ве lǎ́ve	лъ́вове lǎ́vove

References

• “лъв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лъв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лъв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, pages 535-536