лествица
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музикална лествица
See also: љествица
Bulgarian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *lěstva (“scaling”) + -ица (-ica).
Noun
ле́ствица • (léstvica) f (obsolete)
- scale, gradation
- Synonym: (standard term) ска́ла (skála)
- stairs (in fortress, monastery, tower), upward path
Declension
Declension of ле́ствица
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ле́ствица léstvica |
ле́ствици léstvici |
| definite | ле́ствицата léstvicata |
ле́ствиците léstvicite |
Related terms
- ле́стница (léstnica) (Russian borrowing)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣ́ствица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лествица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 372
- “лѣствица”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Russian
Alternative forms
- лѣ́ствица (lě́stvica) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Derived from Old Church Slavonic лѣствица (lěstvica), from Proto-Slavic *lěstva, from *lězti (“to climb”) + *-tv-. Doublet of ле́стница (léstnica).
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́ствица • (léstvica) f inan (genitive ле́ствицы, nominative plural ле́ствицы, genitive plural ле́ствиц, relational adjective ле́ствичный, diminutive ле́сенка)
- (obsolete, Christianity) Synonym of ле́стница (léstnica)
Declension
Declension of ле́ствица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ле́ствица léstvica |
ле́ствицы léstvicy |
| genitive | ле́ствицы léstvicy |
ле́ствиц léstvic |
| dative | ле́ствице léstvice |
ле́ствицам léstvicam |
| accusative | ле́ствицу léstvicu |
ле́ствицы léstvicy |
| instrumental | ле́ствицей, ле́ствицею léstvicej, léstviceju |
ле́ствицами léstvicami |
| prepositional | ле́ствице léstvice |
ле́ствицах léstvicax |
Descendants
- → Kildin Sami: лествец (ljestvjec)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ле̏ствица f (Latin spelling lȅstvica)
Declension
Declension of лествица
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | лествица | лествице |
| genitive | лествице | лествица |
| dative | лествици | лествицама |
| accusative | лествицу | лествице |
| vocative | лествице / лествицо | лествице |
| locative | лествици | лествицама |
| instrumental | лествицом | лествицама |