липса

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Bulgarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ли́пса (lípsaf

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

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

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