либав

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *libavъ ~ *liběvъ, whence also Old Church Slavonic либавъ (libavŭ), либѣвъ (liběvŭ). Cognate (via another suffix) with Russian либи́вый (libívyj, thin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ли́бав (líbav) (abstract noun ли́бавoст) (dialectal)

  1. delicate, frail, thin (of material, structure)

Declension

References

  • либав²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “либав²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 386