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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľuby. An alternative form of любъ́в (ljubǎ́v), but with a vocalised strong yer. Attested in a Tarnovo recension Middle Bulgarian manuscript from the early 1400s, so either one of the few cases of strong yer vocalisation in Eastern Bulgarian or influenced by Western Bulgarian tradition.
Pronunciation
Noun
любо́в • (ljubóv) f (relational adjective любо́вен)
- (uncountable) love, attachment, affection
- Synonym: о́бич (óbič)
- (countable) love affair, a romance
- (countable) a love, a darling, a sweetheart (the object of one’s romantic feelings)
- (uncountable) enthusiasm, fervour, zeal
- Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)
Declension
Derived terms
- лю́бя (ljúbja, “to love”), любу́вам се (ljubúvam se, “to relish, to enjoy”)
- люб (ljub, “amiable, charming”) (obsolete, found in compounds)
References
- “любов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “любов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “любо́вь и любъ́вь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 35
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 573
- “люубꙑ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian любо́в (ljubóv) or earlier Old Ruthenian любо́въ (ljubóv), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ľuby.
Pronunciation
Noun
любов (ljubov) f (related adjective любовни)
- love
- Synonym: любосц (ljubosc)
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “любов”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “love”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 170
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ukrainian любо́въ f (ljubóv, nominative and accusative), from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ̀vь f (accusative of nominative *ľubỳ f).
Cognate with Belarusian любо́ў f (ljubóŭ); Russian любо́вь f (ljubóvʹ); etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
любо́в • (ljubóv) f inan (genitive любо́ві or любо́ви, uncountable, relational adjective любо́вний)
- (uncountable) love (strong affection)
- Synonym: коха́ння (koxánnja)
Declension
Declension of любо́в (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
References