Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľuby
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljáubūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *léwbʰuh₂, from *lewbʰ- (“to love, care, desire”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *ľubỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ľubỳ | *ľubъ̀vi | *ľubъ̀vi |
| genitive | *ľubъ̀ve | *ľubъ̀vu | *ľubъ̀vъ |
| dative | *ľubъ̀vi | *ľubъ̀vьma, *ľubъ̀vama* | *ľubъ̀vьmъ, *ľubъ̀vamъ* |
| accusative | *ľubъ̀vь | *ľubъ̀vi | *ľubъ̀vi |
| instrumental | *ľubъ̀vьjǫ, *ľubъ̀vľǭ** | *ľubъ̀vьma, *ľubъ̀vama* | *ľubъ̀vьmī, *ľubъ̀vamī* |
| locative | *ľubъ̀ve | *ľubъ̀vu | *ľubъ̀vьxъ, *ľubъ̀vaxъ* |
| vocative | *ľubỳ | *ľubъ̀vi | *ľubъ̀vi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
** 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).
Related terms
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ļuby”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “f. ū ‘love’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “ljuby ljubъve”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (N. a) kærlighed (SA 187; 134)”