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Bulgarian
Etymology
From луб (lub, “oval plank”) (dialectal) + -еница (-enica), with expressive ablaut -у- > -ю-.
Pronunciation
Noun
любени́ца • (ljubeníca) f
- (obsolete) circular, ovate shape
- (dialectal) epithet for the watermelon fruit (called so because of its shape)
- Synonym: ди́ня (dínja)
- (figurative, derogatory) fatso (fat person)
Declension
- лъб (lǎb), лъ́бец (lǎ́bec, “skull; leek skin”) (dialectal)
- лоб (lob, “forehead”) (Russian borrowing)
- па́луба (páluba, “deck”)
References
- “любеница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “любеница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 572
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любеника”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 572
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лубеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 484