любой

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ. By surface analysis, любить (ljubitʹ, to like) +‎ -ой (-oj). For semantic shift to "whichever" compare Spanish cualquiera.

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Determiner

любо́й (ljubój)

  1. any, either, whichever one wants

Declension