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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lubъ (“bast”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-ó-s, from *lewbʰ- (“to peel, cut off, harm”). Cognate with Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel, to shell”), Latvian luba (“narrow strip of wood”), Latin liber (“book, inner bark of a tree”), Proto-Germanic *laubą (whence English leaf).
Pronunciation
Noun
луб • (lub) m inan (genitive лу́ба, nominative plural лу́бья*, genitive plural лу́бьев*, relational adjective лубяно́й) (* The plural noun forms are non-standard.)
- bast (of a tree)
- Synonym: подко́рье n (podkórʹje)
Declension
△ Irregular.
* The plural noun forms are non-standard.
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “луб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 493