лицо
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.
Pronunciation
Noun
лицо́ • (licó) n anim or n inan (genitive лица́, nominative plural ли́ца, genitive plural лиц, relational adjective лицево́й or лично́й, diminutive ли́чико)
- (anatomy) face
- 1883, Антон Чехов, Толстый и тонкий; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Fat and Thin, 1922:
- Тонкий вдруг побледнел, окаменел, но скоро лицо его искривилось во все стороны широчайшей улыбкой; казалось, что от лица и глаз его посыпались искры.
- Tonkij vdrug poblednel, okamenel, no skoro lico jevo iskrivilosʹ vo vse storony širočajšej ulybkoj; kazalosʹ, što ot lica i glaz jevo posypalisʹ iskry.
- The thin man turned pale and rigid all at once, but soon his face twisted in all directions in the broadest smile; it seemed as though sparks were flashing from his face and eyes.
- countenance
- front
- (animate) person, individual, individuality
- в лицо́ ― v licó ― by sight
- в по́те лица́ ― v póte licá ― by the sweat of the brow
- от лица́ ― ot licá ― in the name of
- лицо́м к ― licóm k ― facing to, facing towards
- лицо́м к лицу́ ― licóm k licú ― face to face
- лицо́м к лицу́ с ― licóm k licú s ― face to face with
- нет лица́ ― net licá ― be bewildered
- физи́ческое лицо́ ― fizíčeskoje licó ― natural person
- юриди́ческое лицо́ ― juridíčeskoje licó ― legal entity, legal person
- (grammar, animate) person
- пе́рвое лицо́ ― pérvoje licó ― first person
- второ́е лицо́ ― vtoróje licó ― second person
- тре́тье лицо́ ― trétʹje licó ― third person
Declension
Pre-reform declension of лицо́ (bian neut-form ц-stem accent-d)
Related terms
- безли́чный (bezlíčnyj)
- лицеде́й (licedéj)
- лицезре́ть (licezrétʹ)
- лицеме́р (licemér)
- лицеме́рие (licemérije)
- лицеме́рный (licemérnyj)
- личи́на (ličína)
- ли́чностный (líčnostnyj)
- ли́чность (líčnostʹ)
- ли́чный (líčnyj)
Descendants
See also
- ро́жа (róža)