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): [ˈlʲid͡ʒbə]

Noun

ли́чба • (líčba) f

(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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
личба in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “личба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 442

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