лифт

See also: ліфт

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lift]
• Rhymes: -ift

Etymology 1

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English liftbor.

German Liftbor.

Bulgarian лифт

Borrowed from German Lift, borrowed from English lift.

Noun

лифт • (lift) m

1. lift, elevator (a device for raising and lowering people or goods)

   Synonym: асансьо́р (asansjór)

2. (technical) gas lift, bubble pump

   Synonym: га́злифт (gázlift)

3. ski lift, chairlift, cable car

   Synonym: въ́жена ли́ния (vắžena línija)

   Скио́рите ча́кат на опа́шка за ли́фта.

   Skiórite čákat na opáška za lífta.

   The skiers are waiting in line for the lift.

   Качи́хме се до върха́ с каби́нков лифт.

   Kačíhme se do vărhá s kabínkov lift.

   We went up to the peak by gondola lift.

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
indefinite	лифт lift	ли́фтове líftove
definite (subject form)	ли́фтът líftăt	ли́фтовете líftovete
definite (object form)	ли́фта lífta
count form	—	ли́фта lífta

Alternative forms

• ли́фта (lífta) — rare, dated

References

• “лифт”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “лифт”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лифт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лифт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лифт¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 434 of 434-435
• I. Gaberoff and authors (2002), “лифт”, in Rečnik na čuždite dumi v bǎlgarskija ezik s priloženija [Речник на чуждите думи в българския език с приложения] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Gaberoff Publ. House, page 433

Etymology 2

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Dutch lijfbor.

Russian лиф (lif)bor.?

Bulgarian лифт

Possibly borrowed from Russian лиф (lif, “bodice”), borrowed from Dutch lijf. First attested in 1894.

Noun

лифт • (lift) m

1. garment (a single article of clothing)

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
indefinite	лифт lift	ли́фтове líftove
definite (subject form)	ли́фтът líftăt	ли́фтовете líftovete
definite (object form)	ли́фта lífta
count form	—	ли́фта lífta

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лифт²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ليفت
Cyrillic	лифт
Latin	lift

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лифт (lift), from British English lift.

Noun

лифт • (lıyft)

1. elevator, lift

   Synonym: жеделсаты (jedelsatı)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lift]

Noun

лифт • (lift) m

1. elevator, lift

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
indefinite	лифт (lift)	лифтови (liftovi)
definite unspecified	лифтот (liftot)	лифтовите (liftovite)
definite proximal	лифтов (liftov)	лифтовиве (liftovive)
definite distal	лифтон (lifton)	лифтовине (liftovine)
vocative	лифту (liftu)	лифтови (liftovi)
count form	—	лифта (lifta)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Russian лифт (lift), from British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɮiftʰ/
• Syllabification: лифт

Noun

лифт • (lift) (Mongolian spelling ᠯᠢᠹᠲ᠋)

1. elevator, lift

See also

• өргөдөг шат (örgödög šat)

Russian

Alternative forms

• лифтъ (lift) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift, specifically British English. Doublet of люфт (ljuft).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲift]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лифт • (lift) m inan (genitive ли́фта, nominative plural ли́фты, genitive plural ли́фтов, relational adjective лифтово́й)

1. elevator, lift

   Synonym: подъёмник (podʺjómnik)

   • 1929, Ильф и Петров [Ilf and Petrov], Гость из Южной Америки; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     Ка́ждое у́тро пасту́х сгоня́л коро́в в ли́фты и спуска́л их вниз — на па́стбище.

     Káždoje útro pastúx sgonjál koróv v lífty i spuskál ix vniz — na pástbišče.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of лифт (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ли́фт líft	ли́фты lífty
genitive	ли́фта lífta	ли́фтов líftov
dative	ли́фту líftu	ли́фтам líftam
accusative	ли́фт líft	ли́фты lífty
instrumental	ли́фтом líftom	ли́фтами líftami
prepositional	ли́фте lífte	ли́фтах líftax

Derived terms

• лифтёр m anim (liftjór), лифтёрша f anim (liftjórša)

Compounds:

• социа́льный лифт m (sociálʹnyj lift)

Descendants

• → Armenian: լիֆտ (lift)
• → Georgian: ლიფტი (lipṭi)
• → Kazakh: лифт (lıyft)
• → Mongolian: лифт (lift)
• → Uyghur: لىفت (lift)
• → Uzbek: lift
• → Yakut: лифт (lift)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лифт”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “лифт”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 486
• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лифт”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN , page 125

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “лифта”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîft/

Noun

ли̏фт m inan (Latin spelling lȉft)

1. elevator, lift

   Synonym: ди̏зало

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
nominative	ли̏фт	лѝфтови
genitive	лифта	лѝфто̄ва̄
dative	лифту	лифтовима
accusative	лифт	лифтове
vocative	лифте	лифтови
locative	лифту	лифтовима
instrumental	лифтом	лифтовима

Further reading

• “лифт”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лифт (lift).

Noun

лифт • (lift)

1. (transport) elevator, lift

   либинэн таҕыс

   libinen tağïs

   to take the elevator/lift

Synonyms

• элеватор (elevator, “elevator, grain elevator”)