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Bulgarian
Etymology
Uncertain. According to BER, perhaps derived from Bulgarian летя́ (letjá, “to fly”) with initial meaning “wobbly, unstable, prone to move” (formally equivalent to an earlier *letvъ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ле́тъв • (létǎv) (adverb ле́тво) (dialectal)
- slant, sloping, winding
- летъв път ― letǎv pǎt ― winding/slant path
- летва работа ― letva rabota ― sloppy work
Declension
- ле́тав (létav) — reanalyzed with suffix -ав (-av)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лётвꙑй; -тьвъ, -тва, -тво”, 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 10
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “летав, лет(а)ва, лет(а)во”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 373