Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *laub-a-(s), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-ó-s, o-grade stem of *lewbʰ- (“to cut, peel”). Cognates include Latvian luobs (“bast, rind”), Latin liber (“bark of a tree”), English leaf, Proto-Slavic *lubъ (“bast”).
lúobas m stress pattern 3
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lúobas | luobai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lúobo | luobų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lúobui | luobáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lúobą | lúobus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lúobu | luobai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | luobè | luobuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lúobe | luobai̇̃ |