лице

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲiˈt͡sɛ]

Noun

лице́ • (licé) n

1. face

   изсмивам се в лицето на някого ― izsmivam se v liceto na njakogo ― to laugh in someone's face

   казвам нещо в лицето на някого ― kazvam nešto v liceto na njakogo ― to say something to someone's face

   лице с/в лице ― lice s/v lice ― face to face, nose to nose

   обръщам се с лице към ― obrǎštam se s lice kǎm ― to face, to make front to

   познавам по лице ― poznavam po lice ― to know by sight

   пред лицето на ― pred liceto na ― in the face of

   с лице към вятъра ― s lice kǎm vjatǎra ― facing the wind, with the wind in one's face

   срещам се лице с/в лице ― sreštam se lice s/v lice ― meet in the face

   имам лице да ― imam lice da ― to have the face to, to have the cheek to

   на лице съм ― na lice sǎm ― to be at hand, to be available/present, to be apparent

   фактът е на лице ― faktǎt e na lice ― there is no denying the fact

2. face, countenance

   Synonym: изражение (izraženie)

   безизразно лице ― bezizrazno lice ― poker face

   изписано е на лицето му ― izpisano e na liceto mu ― you can read it in his face/countenance

3. person, individual

   Synonym: човек (čovek)

   в лицето на ― v liceto na ― in the person of

   длъжностно лице ― dlǎžnostno lice ― an official, an office-holder, a functionary

   като частно лице ― kato častno lice ― in one's private capacity, as a private person

   официални лица ― oficialni lica ― official personalities/representatives/guests

   поставено лице ― postaveno lice ― a straw man, a dummy

   техническо лице ― tehničesko lice ― an expert, a qualified technician

   упълномощено лице ― upǎlnomošteno lice ― a person in authority

   (law) физическо лице ― (law) fizičesko lice ― a natural person, a physical person

   (law) юридическо лице ― (law) juridičesko lice ― juridical person, body corporate, corporate body, corporation, legal entity

4. (literature) character, a being involved in the action of a story

   Synonym: герой (geroj)

   действащи лица (в пиеса) ― dejstvašti lica (v piesa) ― dramatis personae, characters

5. (grammar) person
6. (mathematics, geometry) surface
7. the face of a building, facade, front
8. (architecture) elevation
9. the right side of a fabric
10. obverse (of a coin or a medal)
11. (shoemaking) upper, vamp

Declension

Declension of лице́

	singular	plural
indefinite	лице́ licé	лица́ licá
definite	лице́то licéto	лица́та licáta

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlit͡sɛ]

• Audio

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Noun

лице • (lice) n (related adjective личен, diminutive лиценце)

1. face
2. person (grammar)
3. person, individual

Declension

Declension of лице

	singular	plural
indefinite	лице	лица
definite unspecified	лицето	лицата
definite proximal	лицево	лицава
definite distal	лицено	лицана
vocative	лице	лица

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *līcè ("cheek, face").

Noun

лице • (lice) n

1. face, cheek

   лицемь къ лицоу, лицемь въ лице, въ лице, на лици ― licemĭ kŭ licu, licemĭ vŭ lice, vŭ lice, na lici ― face to face

   беꙁ лица ― bez lica ― shameless(?), disfigured(?)

   оутвръдити лице своѥ ― utvrŭditi lice svoje ― harden one’s resolve

2. the frontal aspect of something
3. surface
4. appearance, form, countenance

   на лици ― na lici ― outwardly, to appearances

   на лице/лица ꙁьрѣти, на лице/лица сѫдити ― na lice/lica zĭrěti, na lice/lica sǫditi ― to be biased, partial, prejudiced

5. person

   самъ своимь лицемь ― samŭ svoimĭ licemĭ ― personally

6. essence, nature
7. hypostasis

Declension

Declension of лице (s-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	лице lice	личесѣ ličesě	личеса ličesa
Accusative	лице lice	личесѣ ličesě	личеса ličesa
Genitive	личесе ličese	личесоу ličesu	личесъ ličesŭ
Locative	личесе ličese	личесоу ličesu	личесьхъ ličesĭxŭ
Dative	личеси ličesi	личесьма ličesĭma	личесьмъ ličesĭmŭ
Instrumental	личесьмь ličesĭmĭ	личесьма ličesĭma	личесꙑ ličesy
Vocative	лице lice	личесѣ ličesě	личеса ličesa

Declension of лице (soft o-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	лице lice	лици lici	лица lica
Accusative	лице lice	лици lici	лица lica
Genitive	лица lica	лицоу licu	лиць licĭ
Locative	лици lici	лицоу licu	лицихъ licixŭ
Dative	лицоу licu	лицема licema	лицемъ licemŭ
Instrumental	лицемь licemĭ	лицема licema	лици lici
Vocative	лице lice	лици lici	лица lica

References

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “лице”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “лице”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈt͡sɛ]

Noun

лице́ • (licé) n inan or n anim

1. prepositional singular of лицо́ (licó)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐːt͡se/
• Hyphenation: ли‧це

Noun

ли́це n (Latin spelling líce)

1. face
2. (grammar) person
3. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

Declension

Declension of лице

	singular	plural
nominative	лице	лица
genitive	лица	лица̂
dative	лицу	лицима
accusative	лице	лица
vocative	лице	лица
locative	лицу	лицима
instrumental	лицем	лицима

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫeˈt͡sɛ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

лице́ • (lycé) n inan (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця, genitive plural лиць)

1. face

   Synonym: обли́ччя (oblýččja)

Declension

Declension of лице́ (inan soft neut-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	лице́ lycé	ли́ця lýcja
genitive	лиця́ lycjá	лиць lycʹ
dative	лицю́ lycjú	ли́цям lýcjam
accusative	лице́ lycé	ли́ця lýcja
instrumental	лице́м lycém	ли́цями lýcjamy
locative	лиці́ lycí	ли́цях lýcjax
vocative	личе́ lyčé	ли́ця lýcja

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лице”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka