# лице
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [liˈt͡sɛ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лице́ • (licé) n (relational adjective ли́цев)
* frontal profile
** face
    лице в лице ― lice v lice ― face to face, nose to nose
    пред лицето на ― pred liceto na ― in the face of
    на лице ― na lice ― at hand, in availability
    с лице към ― s lice kǎm ― with [a] face towards, facing
    обръщам се с лице към ― obrǎštam se s lice kǎm ― to face, to make front to
    изсмивам се в лицето на някого ― izsmivam se v liceto na njakogo ― to laugh in someone's face
    казвам нещо в лицето на някого ― kazvam nešto v liceto na njakogo ― to say something to someone's face
    познавам по лице ― poznavam po lice ― to know by sight
    имам лице да ― imam lice da ― to have the face to, to have the cheek to
** physiognomy, countenance (facial appearance/expression)
    Synonyms: физиономия (fizionomija), изражение (izraženie)
    безизразно лице ― bezizrazno lice ― poker face
    изписано някому на лицето ― izpisano njakomu na liceto ― written on one's countenance
    правя лице някому/на някого (ideom) ― pravja lice njakomu/na njakogo ― to fawn on s.o. (literally, “to make face at s.o.”)
** facade, front (of a building, structure)
** obverse (of a coin or a medal)
** (shoemaking) upper, vamp
* (metonymically) individual
** person
    Synonym: човек (čovek)
    в лицето на ― v liceto na ― in the person of
    длъжностно лице ― dlǎžnostno lice ― an official, an office-holder, a functionary
    официални лица ― oficialni lica ― official representatives/guests
    частно лице ― častno lice ― a private individual
    поставено лице ― postaveno lice ― a straw man, a dummy
    техническо лице ― tehničesko lice ― an expert, a qualified technician
    упълномощено лице ― upǎlnomošteno lice ― a person in authority
    (law) физическо лице ― (law) fizičesko lice ― a natural person, a physical person
    (law) юридическо лице ― (law) juridičesko lice ― juridical person, body corporate, corporate body, corporation, legal entity
** (literature) character (a being involved in the action of a story)
    Synonym: персонаж (personaž)
    действащи лица (в пиеса) ― dejstvašti lica (v piesa) ― dramatis personae, characters
** (grammar) person
* (mathematics, geometry) surface

#### Derived terms

* лице- (lice-) (in compounds)
** лицебръ́с (licebrǎ́s, “face towel”) (dialectal)
** лицеме́р (licemér, “hypocrite”)
** лицезре́ние (licezrénie, “facial contact”)
** лицеописа́ние (liceopisánie, “face description”)
** олицетворе́ние (olicetvorénie, “personification”) (prefixed with о- (o-))
* лича́ (ličá, “to discern”) (causative-iterative), normally as impersonal личи́ (ličí, “[it] seems”)

#### Related terms

* лик (lik, “facial feature”)
* ли́ка (líka, “trait, image”) (dialectal)
* ли́чен (líčen, “personal”)
** ли́чност (líčnost, “personality”)

### References

* “лице”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лице”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “лице́”, 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 16
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лице”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 438
* “лице”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlit͡sɛ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лице • (lice) n (relational adjective личен, diminutive лиценце)
* face
* person (grammar)
* person, individual

#### Declension
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *līcè ("cheek, face").

### Noun

лице • (lice) n
* face, cheek
    лицемь къ лицоу, лицемь въ лице, въ лице, на лици ― licemĭ kŭ licu, licemĭ vŭ lice, vŭ lice, na lici ― face to face
    беꙁ лица ― bez lica ― shameless(?), disfigured(?)
    оутвръдити лице своѥ ― utvrŭditi lice svoje ― harden one’s resolve
* the frontal aspect of something
* surface
* appearance, form, countenance
    на лици ― na lici ― outwardly, to appearances
    на лице/лица ꙁьрѣти, на лице/лица сѫдити ― na lice/lica zĭrěti, na lice/lica sǫditi ― to be biased, partial, prejudiced
* person
    самъ своимь лицемь ― samŭ svoimĭ licemĭ ― personally
* essence, nature
* hypostasis

#### Declension
### References

* Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “лице”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
* Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “лице”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
* Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲɪˈt͡sɛ]

### Noun

лице́ • (licé) n inan or n anim
* prepositional singular of лицо́ (licó)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǐːt͡se/
* Hyphenation: ли‧це

### Noun

ли́це n (Latin spelling líce)
* face
* (grammar) person
* (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) person, individual

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫeˈt͡sɛ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: ли‧це

### Noun

лице́ • (lycé) n inan (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця, genitive plural лиць)
* face
    Synonym: обли́ччя n (oblýččja)

#### Declension
### References

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