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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Noun
за́лив • (záliv) m
- (geography) bay (body of water)
- (geography) gulf
Declension
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
залив • (zaliv) m
- bay
- gulf
- Персиски Залив ― Persiski Zaliv ― The Persian Gulf
Declension
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the vb. лить (litʹ, “to pour, shed, cast”), ultimately from PIE *h₂leybʰ-. Cognate with Latin lībō (“I sprinkle, spill”) and Ancient Greek ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “to anoint”).
Noun
зали́в • (zalív) m inan (genitive зали́ва, nominative plural зали́вы, genitive plural зали́вов)
- gulf
- Перси́дский зали́в ― Persídskij zalív ― The Persian Gulf
- bay
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
зали́в • (zalív)
- short past adverbial perfective participle of зали́ть (zalítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Noun
залив m (Latin spelling zaliv)
- (geography) bay (body of water)
- (geography) gulf
Declension