лествица

See also: љествица

Bulgarian

музикална лествица

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *lěstva (“scaling”) + -ица (-ica).

Noun

ле́ствица • (léstvica) f (obsolete)

1. scale, gradation

   Synonym: (standard term) ска́ла (skála)

2. stairs (in fortress, monastery, tower), upward path

Declension

Declension of ле́ствица

	singular	plural
indefinite	ле́ствица léstvica	ле́ствици léstvici
definite	ле́ствицата léstvicata	ле́ствиците léstvicite

Related terms

• ле́стница (léstnica) (Russian borrowing)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣ́ствица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лествица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 372
• “лѣствица”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ље̏ствица (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêstʋit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: лес‧тви‧ца

Noun

ле̏ствица f (Latin spelling lȅstvica)

1. (usually in the plural, diminutive) ladder
2. scale, gamut

Declension

Declension of лествица

	singular	plural
nominative	лествица	лествице
genitive	лествице	лествица
dative	лествици	лествицама
accusative	лествицу	лествице
vocative	лествице / лествицо	лествице
locative	лествици	лествицама
instrumental	лествицом	лествицама