lev

See also lev-, lêv, Lev, and Lev.

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv) (“lion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛf/, X-SAMPA: /lEf/

Noun

lev (plural leva or levs)

1. The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

Translations

currency of Bulgaria

• Arabic: ليف (ar) (liif, lef) m
• Belarusian: леў (be) (leŭ) m
• Bulgarian: лев (bg) (lev) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列弗 (cmn) (lièfú)

• Czech: lev (cs) m
• Finnish: leva (fi)
• French: lev (fr) m
• German: Lew (de) m
• Greek: λεβ (el) (lev)
• Hebrew: לב (he)
• Hungarian: leva (hu)
• Japanese: レフ (ja) (refu)

• Korean: 레프 (ko) (repeu)
• Macedonian: лев (mk) (lev) m
• Polish: lew (pl) m
• Russian: лев (ru) (lev) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лев (sh) m

  Roman: lev (sh) m

• Slovak: lev (sk) m
• Slovene: lev (sl) m
• Spanish: lev (es)
• Turkish: lev (tr)
• Ukrainian: лев (uk) (lev) m

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m

1. lion

Declension

    declension of lev

	singular	plural
nominative	lev	lvi / lvové
genitive	lva	lvů
dative	lvu / lvovi	lvům
accusative	lva	lvy
vocative	lve	lvi / lvové
locative	lvu / lvovi	lvech
instrumental	lvem	lvy

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leːv/, [leːˀw], [lewˀ]

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology

From Latin levis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [lęːf]

Adjective

lev m f leva, m plural levs, f plural levas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) light (of weight)
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) easy

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) liger

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m (genitive singular leva, nominative plural levy), declension pattern chlap

1. lion

Declension

    declension of lev

	singular	plural
nominative	lev	levy
genitive	leva	levov
dative	levovi	levom
accusative	leva	levy
locative	levovi	levoch
instrumental	levom	levmi

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m anim. (dual leva, plural levi)

1. lion

Declension

Declension of lev (masculine animate, hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lev	leva	levi
accusative	leva	leva	leve
genitive	leva	levov	levov
dative	levu	levoma	levom
locative	levu	levih	levih
instrumental	levom	levoma	levi

Derived terms

• lêvček
• levínja

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Swedish

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old Swedish lever, same as Icelandic hleir, English loaf, German Laib

Noun

lev c

1. a loaf of bread
2. lev, the currency of Bulgaria

Declension

Declension of lev 1

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lev	leven	levar	levarna
genitive	levs	levens	levars	levarnas

• plural of the currency is leva

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva.

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Veps

Noun

lev

1. lion