либав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *libavъ ~ *liběvъ, whence also Old Church Slavonic либавъ (libavŭ), либѣвъ (liběvŭ). Cognate (via another suffix) with Russian либи́вый (libívyj, thin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlibɐf]

Adjective

ли́бав • (líbav) (abstract noun ли́бавoст) (dialectal)

  1. delicate, frail, thin (of material, structure)

Declension

References

  • либав²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “либав²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 386
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