Czech

Proper noun

Lev m

1. Leo (male given name)

   Lev Tolstoj‎

   Leo Tolstoy

Noun

Lev m

1. (astronomy): Leo
2. (sign): Leo

English

Noun

lev ‎(plural leva or levs)

1. The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛf/

Noun

lev m

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Declension

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːv/, [leːˀw], [lewˀ]

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Portuguese

Noun

lev m (plural levs)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology

From Latin levis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- ‎(“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lęːf]

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): /ɫɛu̯/
• Homophone: leu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

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

1. lion

Declension

Derived terms

• levica f
• leví, levský
• levový
• levík m
• levíček m

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian лев ‎(lev).

Noun

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

1. lev, currency of Bulgaria

Declension

References

• lev in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ́w/
• Tonal orthography: lȅv

Noun

lèv m anim ‎(genitive lêva or léva, nominative plural lêvi or lévi, feminine levínja or lêvinja)

1. lion

Declension

Derived terms

• lêvček

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːv/

Etymology

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

Noun

lev c

1. a loaf of bread
2. lev, the currency of Bulgaria

Declension

• plural of the currency is leva

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva.

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian лев ‎(lev).

Noun

lev

1. lion

Inflection

References

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