# лик
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lik]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“face”), of disputed origin. Possibly deverbal of ли́я (líja, “to pour, to cast”) with original meaning “contour, layout”.

#### Noun

лик • (lik) m (relational adjective ли́чав)
* countenance, appearance
* outline, profile, silhouette; (particularly) facial feature

##### Derived terms

* и́злик (ízlik) (dialectal)
* на́лик (nálik) (dialectal)
* о́блик (óblik)
* бледолик (bledolik)
* двулик (dvulik)
* дебелолик (debelolik)
* дълголик (dǎlgolik)
* разнолик (raznolik)
* тънколик (tǎnkolik)
* чернолик (černolik)
* широколик (širokolik)

##### Related terms

* ли́ка f (líka, “feature, similarity”)
* лице́ n (licé, “face”)
* лича́ (ličá, “to distinguish”) (causative-iterative)

#### References

* “лик¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ликъ”, 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 13
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 397

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ (“play”), probably of Germanic origin, although the exact source is unknown (compare Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan, “to jump around”)).

#### Noun

лик • (lik) m (ecclesiastical, dated)
* choir, group of performers
    лик певци ― lik pevci ― a choir of singers
    лик от светци и мъченици ― lik ot svetci i mǎčenici ― an group of saints and martyrs
* formal celebration, fest, rite (usually including singing and dancing)
    Coordinate terms: веселба (veselba), тържество (tǎržestvo), честване (čestvane)
* (dated) type of dance

##### Derived terms

* лику́вам (likúvam, “to celebrate, to triumph”)

#### References

* “лик², лик³, лик⁴”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лик²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 398
* “ликъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lik]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лик • (lik) m (relational adjective личен)
* character (e.g. in a book)
* countenance

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* ликъ (lik) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲik]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лик • (lik) m inan (genitive ли́ка, nominative plural ли́ки, genitive plural ли́ков)
* (poetic) face
* (Eastern Orthodoxy) image or representation of a face on an icon

#### Related terms

* лицо́ (licó)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lîːk/

### Noun

ли̑к m (Latin spelling lȋk)
* form, shape, figure, appearance
* image, effigy
* character, persona (in a work of art)
* (by extension, colloquial) guy, bloke, dude, character
    ти си неки чудан лик.You're a weird guy.