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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ.
Adjective
люб • (ljub) (abstract noun лю́бство) (obsolete)
- amiable, charming, pleasant
Usage notes
In the modern language, only used as a proper name or in substantivized form.
Declension
Derived terms
- лю́бя (ljúbja, “to love”) (causative-iterative)
- Любо- (Ljubo-) (first component of proper names)
- лю́бе n (ljúbe), лю́ба f (ljúba, “darling”) (substantivized)
- любика (ljubika), любица (ljubica, “Aquilegia”) (dialectal)
- люби́на (ljubína, “loved one”) (dialectal)
- люби́в (ljubív, “loving”)
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “*люб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 57
- “люубъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
люб • (ljub)
- short masculine singular of лю́бый (ljúbyj)