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Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubiti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈluːbici/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈliːbici/
Verb
ľúbiti impf
- to like, to love
- Synonym: milovati
- to kiss
- Synonyms: ľúbati, cělovati
15th century, Hynek z Poděbrad, Neuberský sborník:Tuť mě líbila ústky přepěknými,
rukama bílýma a přeušlechtilými
mnoho nastokrát mě obchycujíc,
praviec, že nad mě nemiluje nic.- Then she kissed me with her beautiful mouth
with her white and noble hands
hugging me many times
saying she didn't like anything more than me.
- (reflexive with sě) to please (idiomatically translated by English like with subject and object reversed)
1469, Kronika trojánská:A čím naň viece patřieše, tiem se jí viece líbieše a v jeho milování viece a viece se zapaluje.- The more she looked at him, the more she liked him and the more she burns for his love.
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