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): [ˈlipsɐ]

Noun

ли́пса • (lípsa) f

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

Declension
Declension of ли́пса
singular plural
indefinite ли́пса
lípsa		 ли́пси
lípsi
definite ли́псата
lípsata		 ли́псите
lípsite

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “липса”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 418
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