лихо
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlʲixə]
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Noun
ли́хо • (líxo) n inan (genitive ли́ха, nominative plural ли́ха, genitive plural лих)
- (poetic) evil, ill, misfortune, trouble
- не буди́ ли́ха пока́ ли́хо спит (ти́хо)
- ne budí líxa poká líxo spit (tíxo)
- don't trouble until trouble troubles you
- не помина́йте ли́хом (colloquial)
- ne pominájte líxom
- remember me kindly, think kindly of me; don't hold the grudge (said by a person leaving or about to do something risky)
- узна́ть, почём фунт ли́ха
- uznátʹ, počóm funt líxa
- to fall on hard times, to plumb the depths of misfortune
- (literally, “to find out the price of evil per pound”)
- An odd number, see the Chetno i licho game.
Declension
Adverb
ли́хо • (líxo)
Adjective
ли́хо • (líxo)
- short neuter singular of лихо́й (lixój)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
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Noun
ли́хо • (lýxo) n (genitive ли́ха, nominative plural ли́ха)
Declension
References
- Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лихо”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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