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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Russian леге́нда (legénda), ultimately from Latin legendus.
Pronunciation
Noun
леге́нда • (legénda) f
- legend
Declension
References
- “легенда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “легенда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
легенда • (legenda) f (relational adjective легендарен)
- legend
- (figurative) a fascinating person
Declension
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
леге́нда • (legénda) f inan (genitive леге́нды, nominative plural леге́нды, genitive plural леге́нд)
- legend
- (espionage) cover, cover story
Declension
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lěɡeːnda/
- Hyphenation: ле‧ген‧да
Noun
лѐге̄нда f (Latin spelling lègēnda)
- legend (story, person)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Derived via Western European languages from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legō.
Pronunciation
Noun
леге́нда • (lehénda) f inan (genitive леге́нди, nominative plural леге́нди, genitive plural леге́нд)
- legend (unrealistic story depicting past events)
- (espionage) cover, cover story
- legend (key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.)
- (numismatics) legend
Declension
Declension of леге́нда (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “легенда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “легенда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “легенда”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “легенда”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “легенда”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “легенда”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “легенда”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)