липса

Bulgarian

Etymology

Verbal noun of Bulgarian липсвам (lipsvam, to lack, to be absent), from the sigmatic aorist ἔλειψα (éleipsa) or future λείψω (leípsō) of Byzantine Greek λείπω (leípō, to lack, to be absent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲipsə]

Noun

ли́пса (lípsa) f

  1. absence
  2. lack, want, deficiency
  3. plague, epidemic (dialectal—Strandzha, Veliko Tŭrnovo)

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