леў

See also: леу, and лею

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲeu̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

леў • (ljeŭ) m animal (genitive ільва́ or льва, nominative plural ільвы́ or львы, genitive plural ільво́ў or львоў)

1. lion

Declension

the oblique forms with the initial "і" appear after vowels

Declension of леў (anml hard masc-form accent-b reduc irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	леў ljeŭ	ільвы́, львы ilʹvý, lʹvy
genitive	ільва́, льва ilʹvá, lʹva	ільво́ў, львоў ilʹvóŭ, lʹvoŭ
dative	ільву́, льву ilʹvú, lʹvu	ільва́м, львам ilʹvám, lʹvam
accusative	ільва́, льва ilʹvá, lʹva	ільво́ў, львоў ilʹvóŭ, lʹvoŭ
instrumental	ільво́м, львом ilʹvóm, lʹvom	ільва́мі, льва́мі ilʹvámi, lʹvámi
locative	ільве́, льве ilʹvjé, lʹvje	ільва́х, львах ilʹváx, lʹvax
count form	—	ільвы́1, львы1 ilʹvý1, lʹvy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “леў” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org