Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubь

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Related to *ľubiti (to love).

Noun

*ľubь f

  1. love

Inflection

Declension of *ľubь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ľubь *ľubi *ľubi
genitive *ľubi *ľubьju, *ľubľu* *ľubьjь, *ľubi*
dative *ľubi *ľubьma *ľubьmъ
accusative *ľubь *ľubi *ľubi
instrumental *ľubьjǫ, *ľubľǫ* *ľubьma *ľubьmi
locative *ľubi *ľubьju, *ľubľu* *ľubьxъ
vocative *ľubi *ľubi *ľubi

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Synonyms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: Любь (Ljubʹ)
    • Russian: любь (ljubʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: любь (ljubĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱐ (ljubĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      unspecified script:
      Latin script: ļub
    • Slovene: ljȗb

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ljubь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 186