# лев
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ. Compare also sense of currency to Romanian leu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лев • (lev) m
* (numismatics) lev (currency of Bulgaria)
* (archaic) lion (mammal)
    Synonym: (modern) лъв (lǎv)
** 1854, Добри Петров Чинтулов (lyrics and music), “Стани, стани, юнак балкански”:Да стане лева наш балкански, от него вятър да повей Та полумесец отомански под черен облак да тъмней.Da stane leva naš balkanski, ot nego vjatǎr da povej Ta polumesec otomanski pod čeren oblak da tǎmnej.May our Balkan lion rise, and from him a wind be stirred That the Ottoman crescent below black cloud be obscured.

#### Descendants

* → Danish: lev c
* → English: lev
* → Portuguese: lev m
* → Russian: лев m (lev)
* → Swedish: lev c
* → Ukrainian: лев m (lev)

### References

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

## Komi-Zyrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лев (lev).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʎeʋ/, [ˈʎeʋ]
* Hyphenation: лев

### Noun

лев • (ľev)
* lion (Panthera leo)

#### Declension

Possessive declension of лев :

### References

* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 343

## Macedonian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Cognate to Latin laevus, Greek λαιός (laiós).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛf]

#### Adjective

лев • (lev) (superlative најлев)
* left
* leftist

##### Antonyms

* десен (desen)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

лев • (lev) m
* lev (Bulgarian currency)

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

* левъ (lev) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲef]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, likely a borrowing from a Germanic language, ultimately from Latin leo.

#### Noun

лев • (lev) m anim (genitive льва, nominative plural львы, genitive plural львов, relational adjective льви́ный)
* lion
    све́тский лев (dated, idiom) ― svétskij lev ― person of high society, who enjoys great success in it (literally, “society lion”)

##### Related terms

* львёнок (lʹvjónok)
* льви́ца (lʹvíca)
* льви́ный (lʹvínyj)

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: leva
* → Kildin Sami: левв (ljevv)
* → Komi-Zyrian: лев (ľev)
* → Ossetian: лев (lev)
* → Veps: lev

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv, “lion”).

#### Noun

лев • (lev) m inan (genitive ле́ва, nominative plural ле́вы, genitive plural ле́вов)
* (numismatics) lev (currency of Bulgaria)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

лев • (lev)
* short masculine singular of ле́вый (lévyj)

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫɛu̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

#### Noun

лев • (lev) m animal (genitive ле́ва, nominative plural ле́ви, genitive plural ле́вів, feminine леви́ця, relational adjective леви́ний or ле́в'ячий, diminutive левеня́)
* lion

##### Declension
#### Noun

лев • (lev) m pers (genitive ле́ва, nominative plural ле́ви, genitive plural ле́вів)
* A person with a Leo star sign.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lǎv, “lion”).

#### Noun

лев • (lev) m inan (genitive ле́ва, nominative plural ле́ви, genitive plural ле́вів)
* (numismatics) lev (currency of Bulgaria)

##### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лев”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “лев”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “лев”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)