лице

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [lʲiˈt͡sɛ]

лице́ • (licé) n

1. face

   изсмивам се в лицето на някого ― izsmivam se v liceto na njakogo ― to laugh in someone's face

   казвам нещо в лицето на някого ― kazvam nešto v liceto na njakogo ― to say something to someone's face

   лице с/в лице ― lice s/v lice ― face to face, nose to nose

   обръщам се с лице към ― obrǎštam se s lice kǎm ― to face, to make front to

   познавам по лице ― poznavam po lice ― to know by sight

   пред лицето на ― pred liceto na ― in the face of

   с лице към вятъра ― s lice kǎm vjatǎra ― facing the wind, with the wind in one's face

   срещам се лице с/в лице ― sreštam se lice s/v lice ― meet in the face

   имам лице да ― imam lice da ― to have the face to, to have the cheek to

   на лице съм ― na lice sǎm ― to be at hand, to be available/present, to be apparent

   фактът е на лице ― faktǎt e na lice ― there is no denying the fact

2. face, countenance

   Synonym: изражение (izraženie)

   безизразно лице ― bezizrazno lice ― poker face

   изписано е на лицето му ― izpisano e na liceto mu ― you can read it in his face/countenance

3. person, individual

   Synonym: човек (čovek)

   в лицето на ― v liceto na ― in the person of

   длъжностно лице ― dlǎžnostno lice ― an official, an office-holder, a functionary

   като частно лице ― kato častno lice ― in one's private capacity, as a private person

   официални лица ― oficialni lica ― official personalities/representatives/guests

   поставено лице ― postaveno lice ― a straw man, a dummy

   техническо лице ― tehničesko lice ― an expert, a qualified technician

   упълномощено лице ― upǎlnomošteno lice ― a person in authority

   (law) физическо лице ― (law) fizičesko lice ― a natural person, a physical person

   (law) юридическо лице ― (law) juridičesko lice ― juridical person, body corporate, corporate body, corporation, legal entity

4. (literature) character, a being involved in the action of a story

   Synonym: герой (geroj)

   действащи лица (в пиеса) ― dejstvašti lica (v piesa) ― dramatis personae, characters

5. (grammar) person
6. (mathematics, geometry) surface
7. the face of a building, facade, front
8. (architecture) elevation
9. the right side of a fabric
10. obverse (of a coin or a medal)
11. (shoemaking) upper, vamp

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlit͡sɛ]

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лице • (lice) n (related adjective личен, diminutive лиценце)

1. face
2. person (grammar)
3. person, individual

From Proto-Slavic *līcè ("cheek, face").

лице • (lice) n

1. face, cheek

   лицемь къ лицоу, лицемь въ лице, въ лице, на лици ― licemĭ kŭ licu, licemĭ vŭ lice, vŭ lice, na lici ― face to face

   беꙁ лица ― bez lica ― shameless(?), disfigured(?)

   оутвръдити лице своѥ ― utvrŭditi lice svoje ― harden one’s resolve

2. the frontal aspect of something
3. surface
4. appearance, form, countenance

   на лици ― na lici ― outwardly, to appearances

   на лице/лица ꙁьрѣти, на лице/лица сѫдити ― na lice/lica zĭrěti, na lice/lica sǫditi ― to be biased, partial, prejudiced

5. person

   самъ своимь лицемь ― samŭ svojmĭ licemĭ ― personally

6. essence, nature
7. hypostasis

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “лице”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “лице”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈt͡sɛ]

лице́ • (licé) n inan or n anim

1. prepositional singular of лицо́ (licó)

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːt͡se/
• Hyphenation: ли‧це

ли́це n (Latin spelling líce)

1. face
2. (grammar) person
3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

• IPA^(key): [ɫeˈt͡sɛ]

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лице́ • (lycé) n inan (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця, genitive plural лиць)

1. face

   Synonym: обли́ччя (oblýččja)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лице”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka