лига

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• Rhymes: -iɡɐ

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liga.

ли́га • (líga) f

1. spittle, saliva, slobber, drool

• ли́гльо m (lígljo), ли́гла f (lígla) (agent nouns, colloquil)
• ли́гуш m (líguš), ли́гушка f (líguška) (agent nouns, dilaectal)
• лигота́ (ligotá) (obsolete), лиготи́я (ligotíja, “slobbery behaviour”)
• ли́гав (lígav, “slobbery”)
  • лига́вя се (ligávja se, “to drool”)
  • ли́гавец (lígavec, “snail”) (dialectal)
  • ли́гавник (lígavnik, “bib”)
• лигли́в (liglív, “slobbery”) (dialectal)

• ли́жа (líža, “to lick”) (from a similar root)
• слиз (sliz, “mucus, sludge”) (dialectal), сълза́ (sǎlzá, “tear”) (from a similar root, with s-mobile)

• “лига¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лига (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ли́га”, 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 11
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лига¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 392

Borrowed from French ligue.

ли́га • (líga) f

1. league

• “лига²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лига (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Akin to Archi лекки (lekki).

лига • (liga)

1. bone

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лига • (liga) f

1. league, association

лига • (liga) f (relational adjective лигав)

1. drool, slobber

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ли́га • (líga) f inan (genitive ли́ги, nominative plural ли́ги, genitive plural лиг)

1. (union) league
2. (sports) league
3. (unit of distance) league
4. (music) tie, slur, bind

• → Armenian: լիգա (liga)

• игла́ (iglá)

From Spanish, Italian lega.

• IPA^(key): /lǐːɡa/
• Hyphenation: ли‧га

ли́га f (Latin spelling líga)

1. league (politics, sports, general)

• “лига”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025