либав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *libavъ ~ *liběvъ, whence also Old Church Slavonic либавъ (libavŭ), либѣвъ (liběvŭ). Cognate (via another suffix) with Russian либи́вый (libívyj, “thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlibɐf]

Adjective

ли́бав • (líbav) (abstract noun ли́бавoст) (dialectal)

1. delicate, frail, thin (of material, structure)

Declension

Positive forms of ли́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	ли́бав líbav	ли́бава líbava	ли́баво líbavo	ли́бави líbavi
definite (subject form)	ли́бавият líbavijat	ли́бавата líbavata	ли́бавото líbavoto	ли́бавите líbavite
definite (object form)	ли́бавия líbavija

Comparative forms of ли́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ли́бав pó-líbav	по́-ли́бава pó-líbava	по́-ли́баво pó-líbavo	по́-ли́бави pó-líbavi
definite (subject form)	по́-ли́бавият pó-líbavijat	по́-ли́бавата pó-líbavata	по́-ли́бавото pó-líbavoto	по́-ли́бавите pó-líbavite
definite (object form)	по́-ли́бавия pó-líbavija

Superlative forms of ли́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ли́бав náj-líbav	на́й-ли́бава náj-líbava	на́й-ли́баво náj-líbavo	на́й-ли́бави náj-líbavi
definite (subject form)	на́й-ли́бавият náj-líbavijat	на́й-ли́бавата náj-líbavata	на́й-ли́бавото náj-líbavoto	на́й-ли́бавите náj-líbavite
definite (object form)	на́й-ли́бавия náj-líbavija

References

• “либав²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “либав²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 386