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English

Etymology

From Bulgarian ??? (lev), a variant of ??? (l?v, “lion”). Doublet of Leo, leu, lion, and Lyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?v/

Noun

lev (plural leva or levs)

1. The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ELV, vel

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech lev, from Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?f]
• Hyphenation: lev
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

lev m anim

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Declension

Further reading

• lev in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lev in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread”), cognate with Swedish lev, English loaf, German Laib, Gothic ???????????????????????? (hlaifs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??v/, [?le??w], [?lew?]

Noun

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leve)

1. (archaic) bread

Inflection

References

• “Lev,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lev).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/, [?l?f]

Noun

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leva)

1. lef (currency in Bulgaria)

Inflection

References

• “lev” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??v/, [?le??w], [?lew?]

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m

1. lion

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: lev

Further reading

• “lev”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?^[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020

Portuguese

Noun

lev m (plural levs)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology

From Latin levis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?leng??- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/

Adjective

lev m (feminine singular leva, masculine plural levs, feminine plural levas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) light (of weight)
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) easy

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) liger

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?u?/
• Homophone: leu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m (genitive singular leva, nominative plural levy, genitive plural levov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. lion

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lev).

Noun

lev m (genitive singular leva, nominative plural levy, genitive plural levov, declension pattern of dub)

1. lev, currency of Bulgaria

Declension

References

• lev in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Noun

l?v m anim (female equivalent levínja)

1. lion

Inflection

Derived terms

• l?v?ek

Further reading

• “lev”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?v/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lever, from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Cognate with Icelandic hleifur, English loaf, German Laib.

Noun

lev c

1. a loaf of bread

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva.

Etymology 3

From Bulgarian ??? (lev, “lion”)

Noun

lev (plural leva)

1. lev, the currency of Bulgaria

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Veps

Etymology

From Russian ??? (lev).

Noun

lev

1. lion

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

From Middle English eddy, from Old English ed?a, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ?a (“water”), equivalent to ed- +? ea.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??d.i/
• Rhymes: -?di

Noun

eddy (plural eddies)

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
2. A circular current; a whirlpool.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• countercurrent
• dust devil

Verb

eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)

1. (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, The Kitten and falling Leaves

     Eddying round and round they sink.

References

Anagrams

• dyde, dyed

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French adieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ædi/

Interjection

eddy

1. Nonstandard spelling of äddi.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /??ð??/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?e?ði/, /??ði/

Verb

eddy

1. Obsolete form of addawa (“(s/he) promises”).