ляв

See also: лав

Bulgarian

ляво

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲa̟f]

Adjective

ляв • (ljav) (abstract noun ля́вост)

1. left, left-hand
2. leftward
3. (politics) left-wing, leftist

Declension

Positive forms of ляв

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	ляв ljav	ля́ва ljáva	ля́во ljávo	ле́ви lévi
definite (subject form)	ле́вият lévijat	ля́вата ljávata	ля́вото ljávoto	ле́вите lévite
definite (object form)	ле́вия lévija

Comparative forms of ляв

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	по́-ля́в pó-ljáv	по́-ля́ва pó-ljáva	по́-ля́во pó-ljávo	по́-ле́ви pó-lévi
definite (subject form)	по́-ле́вият pó-lévijat	по́-ля́вата pó-ljávata	по́-ля́вото pó-ljávoto	по́-ле́вите pó-lévite
definite (object form)	по́-ле́вия pó-lévija

Superlative forms of ляв

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	на́й-ля́в náj-ljáv	на́й-ля́ва náj-ljáva	на́й-ля́во náj-ljávo	на́й-ле́ви náj-lévi
definite (subject form)	на́й-ле́вият náj-lévijat	на́й-ля́вата náj-ljávata	на́й-ля́вото náj-ljávoto	на́й-ле́вите náj-lévite
definite (object form)	на́й-ле́вия náj-lévija

Alternative forms

• лев (lev) — dialectal, colloquial

Derived terms

• леве́я се (levéja se) (stative verb)
• лева́к m (levák), лева́чка f (leváčka, “left-hander”) (agent nouns)
  • лева́ча се (leváča se)
• леви́ца (levíca, “left wing/hand”)
  • левича́р m (levičár), левича́рка f (levičárka, “left-hander, leftist”) (agent nouns)

References

• “ляв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ляв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ляв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 586
• “левъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Anagrams

• вял (vjal)