личба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ličьba. Morphologically equivalent to лича́ (ličá, “to seem, to indicate”) +‎ -ба (-ba). Compare Macedonian лиџба (lidžba, “beauty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlid͡ʒbɐ]

Noun

ли́чба • (líčba) f

1. (dialectal) sign, indication

Inflection

Declension of ли́чба

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́чба líčba	ли́чби líčbi
definite	ли́чбата líčbata	ли́чбите líčbite

Derived terms

• поли́чба (políčba, “omen”)

Related terms

• ли́к (lík), лице́ (licé, “face”)
• нали́чие (nalíčie), нали́чност (nalíčnost, “presence, availability”)
• отли́чие (otlíčie, “distinction, honors”)

References

• “личба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “личба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “личба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 442