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Bulgarian
Etymology
Verbal noun of Bulgarian липсвам (lipsvam, “to lack, to be absent”), from the sigmatic aorist ἔλειψα (éleipsa) or future λείψω (leípsō) of Byzantine Greek λείπω (leípō, “to lack, to be absent”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ли́пса • (lípsa) f
- absence
- lack, want, deficiency
- plague, epidemic (dialectal—Strandzha, Veliko Tŭrnovo)
Declension
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “липса”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 418