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 • (Lóveč) m (indeclinable, relational adjective ло́вешки or ло́вчански)
- Lovech (a city in Bulgaria)
- Живе́я в Ло́веч.
- Živéja v Lóveč.
- I live in Lovech.
- Lovech (a province of Bulgaria)
Related terms
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