лича

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ličiti.

• IPA^(key):

лича́ • (ličá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive, obsolete) to discern, to distinguish, to recognize

   Мога да лича действителното от фалшификата.

   Moga da liča dejstvitelnoto ot falšifikata.

   I can distinguish the genuine from the fake.

2. (intransitive, mostly impersonal) to seem, to appear as, to evince

   някому не му личи ― njakomu ne mu liči ― it does not show

3. (reflexive with си) to be obvious, to stand out

   личи си, че ... ― liči si, če ... ― it is obvious that

   личи си от далече ― liči si ot daleče ― it stands out from afar

For the intransitive sense, 1st. and 2nd. person forms are rarely used.

Obsolete, rare:

Normal:

• лик (lik, “facial feature”), ли́ка (líka, “trait, distinctive property”)
• лице́ (licé, “face, persona”)
  • ли́чен (líčen, “personal”)
  • ли́чност (líčnost, “person”)

• ли́кам (líkam), ли́чкам (líčkam, “to gush out, to flush”) (dialectal, unrelated)

• “лича”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лича”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “личѭ́, -и́шь; -чи́лъ”, 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 17
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лича”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 441