лествица

See also: љествица

Bulgarian

музикална лествица

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *lěstva (“scaling”) + -ица (-ica).

Noun

ле́ствица • (léstvica) f (obsolete)

1. scale, gradation

   Synonym: (standard term) ска́ла (skála)

2. stairs (in fortress, monastery, tower), upward path

Declension

Declension of ле́ствица

	singular	plural
indefinite	ле́ствица léstvica	ле́ствици léstvici
definite	ле́ствицата léstvicata	ле́ствиците léstvicite

Related terms

• ле́стница (léstnica) (Russian borrowing)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣ́ствица”, 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 33
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лествица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 372
• “лѣствица”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Russian

Alternative forms

• лѣ́ствица (lě́stvica) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Derived from Old Church Slavonic лѣствица (lěstvica), from Proto-Slavic *lěstva, from *lězti (“to climb”) + *-tv-. Doublet of ле́стница (léstnica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲestvʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

ле́ствица • (léstvica) f inan (genitive ле́ствицы, nominative plural ле́ствицы, genitive plural ле́ствиц, relational adjective ле́ствичный, diminutive ле́сенка)

1. (obsolete, Christianity) Synonym of ле́стница (léstnica)

Declension

Declension of ле́ствица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́ствица léstvica	ле́ствицы léstvicy
genitive	ле́ствицы léstvicy	ле́ствиц léstvic
dative	ле́ствице léstvice	ле́ствицам léstvicam
accusative	ле́ствицу léstvicu	ле́ствицы léstvicy
instrumental	ле́ствицей, ле́ствицею léstvicej, léstviceju	ле́ствицами léstvicami
prepositional	ле́ствице léstvice	ле́ствицах léstvicax

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: лествец (ljestvjec)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ље̏ствица (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêstʋit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: лес‧тви‧ца

Noun

ле̏ствица f (Latin spelling lȅstvica)

1. (usually in the plural, diminutive) ladder
2. scale, gamut

Declension

Declension of лествица

	singular	plural
nominative	лествица	лествице
genitive	лествице	лествица
dative	лествици	лествицама
accusative	лествицу	лествице
vocative	лествице / лествицо	лествице
locative	лествици	лествицама
instrumental	лествицом	лествицама