лик
See also: лік
Bulgarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“face”), of disputed origin. Possibly deverbal of ли́я (líja, “to pour, to cast”) with original meaning “contour, layout”.
Noun
[edit]лик • (lik) m (relational adjective ли́чав)
- countenance, appearance
- outline, profile, silhouette; (particularly) facial feature
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лик lik |
ли́кове líkove |
| definite (subject form) |
ли́кът líkǎt |
ли́ковете líkovete |
| definite (object form) |
ли́ка líka | |
| count form | — | ли́ка líka |
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
Related terms
[edit]- ли́ка f (líka, “feature, similarity”)
- лице́ n (licé, “face”)
- лича́ (ličá, “to distinguish”) (causative-iterative)
References
[edit]- “лик¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ликъ”, 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 13
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 397
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“play”), probably of Germanic origin, although the exact source is unknown (compare Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan, “to jump around”)).
Noun
[edit]лик • (lik) m (ecclesiastical, dated)
- choir, group of performers
- formal celebration, fest, rite (usually including singing and dancing)
- (dated) type of dance
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лик lik |
ли́кове líkove |
| definite (subject form) |
ли́кът líkǎt |
ли́ковете líkovete |
| definite (object form) |
ли́ка líka | |
| count form | — | ли́ка líka |
Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- лику́вам (likúvam, “to celebrate, to triumph”)
References
[edit]- “лик², лик³, лик⁴”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 398
- “ликъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Macedonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]лик • (lik) m (relational adjective личен)
- character (e.g. in a book)
- countenance
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лик (lik) | ликови (likovi) |
| definite unspecified | ликот (likot) | ликовите (likovite) |
| definite proximal | ликов (likov) | ликовиве (likovive) |
| definite distal | ликон (likon) | ликовине (likovine) |
| vocative | лику (liku) | ликови (likovi) |
| count form | — | лика (lika) |
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ликъ (lik) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]лик • (lik) m inan (genitive ли́ка, nominative plural ли́ки, genitive plural ли́ков)
- (poetic) face
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) image or representation of a face on an icon
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- лицо́ (licó)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ли̑к m (Latin spelling lȋk)
- form, shape, figure, appearance
- image, effigy
- character, persona (in a work of art)
- (by extension, colloquial) guy, bloke, dude, character
- ти си неки чудан лик.
- You're a weird guy.
Declension
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