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
- (by metonymy) 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
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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”)
- лик (lik, “facial feature”)
- ли́ка (líka, “trait, image”) (dialectal)
- ли́чен (líčen, “personal”)
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—2024
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
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plural |
nominative |
лице lice |
личесоу ličesu |
личесьмъ ličesĭmŭ |
genitive |
личесѣ ličesě |
личесъ ličesŭ |
личесьмь ličesĭmĭ |
dative |
личеса ličesa |
личесе ličese |
личесьма ličesĭma |
accusative |
лице lice |
личесоу ličesu |
личесꙑ ličesy |
instrumental |
личесѣ ličesě |
личесьхъ ličesĭxŭ |
лице lice |
locative |
личеса ličesa |
личеси ličesi |
личесѣ ličesě |
vocative |
личесе ličese |
личесьма ličesĭma |
личеса ličesa |
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Declension of лице (s-stem)
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singular |
dual |
plural |
nominative |
лице lice |
лици lici |
лица lica |
genitive |
лица lica |
лицоу licu |
лиць licĭ |
dative |
лицоу licu |
лицема licema |
лицемъ licemŭ |
accusative |
лице lice |
лици lici |
лица lica |
instrumental |
лицемь licemĭ |
лицема licema |
лици lici |
locative |
лици lici |
лицоу licu |
лицихъ licixŭ |
vocative |
лице lice |
лици lici |
лица lica |
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Declension of лице (soft o-stem)
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǐːt͡se/
- Hyphenation: ли‧це
Noun
лице́ • (lycé) n inan (genitive лиця́, nominative plural ли́ця, genitive plural лиць)
- face
- Synonym: обли́ччя (oblýččja)
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singular |
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nominative |
лице́ lycé |
ли́ця lýcja |
genitive |
лиця́ lycjá |
лиць lycʹ |
dative |
лицю́ lycjú |
ли́цям lýcjam |
accusative |
лице́ lycé |
ли́ця lýcja |
instrumental |
лице́м lycém |
ли́цями lýcjamy |
locative |
лиці́ lycí |
ли́цях lýcjax |
vocative |
личе́ lyčé |
ли́ця lýcja |
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Declension of лице́ (inan soft neut-form accent-d)