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Russian
Etymology
лихо́й (lixój) + -о (-o)
Pronunciation
Noun
ли́хо • (líxo) n inan (genitive ли́ха, nominative plural ли́ха, genitive plural лих)
- (poetic) evil, ill, misfortune, trouble
не буди́ ли́ха пока́ ли́хо спит (ти́хо)- ne budí líxa poká líxo spit (tíxo)
- don't trouble until trouble troubles you
не помина́йте ли́хом (colloquial)- ne pominájte líxom
- remember me kindly, think kindly of me; don't hold the grudge (said by a person leaving or about to do something risky)
узна́ть, почём фунт ли́ха- uznátʹ, počóm funt líxa
- to fall on hard times, to plumb the depths of misfortune
- (literally, “to find out the price of evil per pound”)
- An odd number, see the Chetno i licho game.
Declension
Adverb
ли́хо • (líxo)
- dashingly, jauntily
Adjective
ли́хо • (líxo)
- short neuter singular of лихо́й (lixój)
Ukrainian
Etymology
See лихи́й (lyxýj).
Pronunciation
Noun
ли́хо • (lýxo) n inan (genitive ли́ха, nominative plural ли́ха, genitive plural лих)
- disaster, calamity
- misfortune
- trouble
- evil
Declension
Declension of ли́хо (inan velar neut-form accent-a)
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