лихва

From Proto-Slavic *lixva.

• IPA^(key):

ли́хва • (líhva) f

1. (finance) interest (the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed)

• хилав (hilav)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lixva.

• IPA^(key):

лихва • (lihva) f

1. usury
2. (archaic, economics) interest

From Proto-Slavic *lixva, from a Germanic language, likely Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰 (*leiƕa); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

лихва • (lixva) f

1. interest

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lixva.

• IPA^(key):

лихва́ • (lixvá) f inan (genitive лихвы́, nominative plural лихвы́, genitive plural лихв)

1. (dated) interest, profit (still used in expressions)

   отплати́ть с лихво́й ― otplatítʹ s lixvój ― to repay with interest

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lixva (Russian лихва́ (lixvá), Polish lichwa).

• IPA^(key): /lîxʋa/
• Hyphenation: лих‧ва

ли̏хва f (Latin spelling lȉhva)

1. usury

• “лихва”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lixva.

• лихва́: IPA^(key):
• ли́хва: IPA^(key):

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лихва́ or ли́хва • (lyxvá or lýxva) f inan (genitive лихви́ or ли́хви, uncountable)

1. (dated) interest, profit
2. (dated) usury

• лихва́р (lyxvár), лихва́рка (lyxvárka), лихва́рство (lyxvárstvo)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “лихва”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “лихва”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)