Bulgarian

Noun

ли́хва • ‎(líhva) f

1. (finance) interest (the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed)

Inflection

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰 ‎(leiƕa).

Noun

лихва • ‎(lixva) f

1. interest

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪxˈva]

Noun

лихва́ • ‎(lixvá) f inan ‎(genitive лихвы́, nominative plural лихвы́, genitive plural лихв)

1. (dated) interest, profit (still used in expressions)

   отплати́ть с лихво́й‎ ― otplatítʹ s lixvój ― to repay with interest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lixva (Russian лихва́ ‎(lixvá), Polish lichwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîxʋa/
• Hyphenation: лих‧ва

Noun

ли̏хва f ‎(Latin spelling lȉhva)

1. usury

Declension

References

• “лихва” in Hrvatski jezični portal