lev
part of speech
noun (a lev, leva) — Bulgarian money; Ukrainian and Russian word in Latin letters
meaning for a pupil
1) (money) The money of Bulgaria; one lev is divided into 100 stotinki. Plural: leva. tree →
2) (Ukrainian, Russian «лев») The word for «lion»; it sounds like «lev» to an English ear. It is not an English word. tree →
3) (a name) Lev is a man's first name, as in the Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, and a Hebrew name meaning «heart». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and geography lessons about money around the world, the Bulgarian lev appears in exchange-rate problems. In stories from Eastern Europe, Lev is a common name. Phrases: Bulgarian lev.
examples
- The lev is the money of Bulgaria. tree →
- The ice cream cost three leva. tree →
- One lev is 100 stotinki. tree →
- Lev Tolstoy wrote very long novels. tree →
- «Lev» means «lion» in Ukrainian. tree →
- In our maths problem, we changed pounds into Bulgarian leva. tree →
note
Plural of the money: leva. Pronounced LEV. «Lev» as a word for lion is Ukrainian/Russian, not English. Do not confuse with «level» or «leave». Bulgaria decided to replace the lev with the euro.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lev» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.