летъв

Bulgarian

Etymology

Uncertain. According to BER, perhaps derived from Bulgarian летя́ (letjá, “to fly”) with initial meaning “wobbly, unstable, prone to move” (formally equivalent to an earlier *letvъ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtɐf]

Adjective

ле́тъв • (létǎv) (adverb ле́тво) (dialectal)

1. slant, sloping, winding

   летъв път ― letǎv pǎt ― winding/slant path

   летва работа ― letva rabota ― sloppy work

Declension

Declension of ле́тъв

masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
ле́тъв létǎv	ле́тва létva	ле́тво létvo	ле́тви létvi

Alternative forms

• ле́тав (létav) — reanalyzed with suffix -ав (-av)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лётвꙑй; -тьвъ, -тва, -тво”, 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 10
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “летав, лет(а)ва, лет(а)во”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 373