львъ

See also: лѣвъ

Old Church Slavonic

Львъ

Alternative forms

• ⰾⱐⰲⱏ (lĭvŭ) — Glagolitic
• лъвъ (lŭvŭ)
• львь (lĭvĭ)
• лавь (lavĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, probably from Gothic *liwa, from Latin leo.

Noun

львъ • (lĭvŭ) m

1. lion
   • from the Physiologus:

     Львь ѥⷭ͡ ц͝рь всѣⷨ͡ ꙁвереⷨ͡.

     Lĭvĭ jeⷭ͡ c͝rĭ vsěⷨ͡ zvereⷨ͡.

     Lion is the king of beasts

References

• Physiologus: лъвъ