Ловеч

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ловьчь (lovĭčĭ, of a hunter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫɔvɛt͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɛt͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation(key): Ло‧веч

Proper noun

Ло́веч • (Lóvečm (indeclinable, relational adjective ло́вешки or ло́вчански)

  1. Lovech (a city in Bulgaria)
    Живе́я в Ло́веч.
    Živéja v Lóveč.
    I live in Lovech.
  2. Lovech (a province of Bulgaria)
adjectives
  • ло́вешки (lóveški)
  • ло́вчански (lóvčanski)
nouns
  • ло́вчанлийка (lóvčanlijka)
  • ло́вчанлия (lóvčanlija)

References

  • Ловеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “Ло́веч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 450