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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaubas, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-o-s, from *lewbʰ- (“to love”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
Adjective
*ľubъ[1][2]
- sweet, pleasant
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *ľubъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ľubъ | *ľuba | *ľubo |
| Accusative | *ľubъ | *ľubǫ | *ľubo |
| Genitive | *ľuba | *ľuby | *ľuba |
| Locative | *ľubě | *ľubě | *ľubě |
| Dative | *ľubu | *ľubě | *ľubu |
| Instrumental | *ľubomь | *ľubojǫ | *ľubomь |
| Vocative | *ľube | *ľubo | *ľubo |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ľuba | *ľubě | *ľubě |
| Accusative | *ľuba | *ľubě | *ľubě |
| Genitive | *ľubu | *ľubu | *ľubu |
| Locative | *ľubu | *ľubu | *ľubu |
| Dative | *ľuboma | *ľubama | *ľuboma |
| Instrumental | *ľuboma | *ľubama | *ľuboma |
| Vocative | *ľuba | *ľubě | *ľubě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ľubi | *ľuby | *ľuba |
| Accusative | *ľuby | *ľuby | *ľuba |
| Genitive | *ľubъ | *ľubъ | *ľubъ |
| Locative | *ľuběxъ | *ľubaxъ | *ľuběxъ |
| Dative | *ľubomъ | *ľubamъ | *ľubomъ |
| Instrumental | *ľuby | *ľubami | *ľuby |
| Vocative | *ľubi | *ľuby | *ľuba |
Definite declension of *ľubъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ľubъjь | *ľubaja | *ľuboje |
| Accusative | *ľubъjь | *ľubǫjǫ | *ľuboje |
| Genitive | *ľubajego | *ľubyję | *ľubajego |
| Locative | *ľubějemь | *ľuběji | *ľubějemь |
| Dative | *ľubujemu | *ľuběji | *ľubujemu |
| Instrumental | *ľubyjimi | *ľubǫjǫ | *ľubyjimi |
| Vocative | *ľubъjь | *ľubaja | *ľuboje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ľubaja | *ľuběji | *ľuběji |
| Accusative | *ľubaja | *ľuběji | *ľuběji |
| Genitive | *ľubuju | *ľubuju | *ľubuju |
| Locative | *ľubuju | *ľubuju | *ľubuju |
| Dative | *ľubyjima | *ľubyjima | *ľubyjima |
| Instrumental | *ľubyjima | *ľubyjima | *ľubyjima |
| Vocative | *ľubaja | *ľuběji | *ľuběji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ľubiji | *ľubyję | *ľubaja |
| Accusative | *ľubyję | *ľubyję | *ľubaja |
| Genitive | *ľubъjixъ | *ľubъjixъ | *ľubъjixъ |
| Locative | *ľubyjixъ | *ľubyjixъ | *ľubyjixъ |
| Dative | *ľubyjimъ | *ľubyjimъ | *ľubyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *ľubyjimi | *ľubyjimi | *ľubyjimi |
| Vocative | *ľubiji | *ľubyję | *ľubaja |
Related terms
- *ľubiti (“to love”)
- *ľubo (“or”)
- *ľuby (“love”)
- *ľubь (“love”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: любъ (ljubŭ)
- Belarusian: лю́бы (ljúby)
- Russian: любо́й (ljubój)
- Ukrainian: лю́бий (ljúbyj)
- Old East Slavic: любъ (ljubŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: любъ (ljubŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱏ (ljubŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: љуб
- Latin: ljȗb
- Slovene: ljȗb (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ľubý
- Czech: libý
- Polabian: ľaibĕ
- Polish: luby
- Slovak: ľubý
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: luby
- Upper Sorbian: luby
- Old Czech: ľubý
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļubъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “adj. o ‘sweet, pleasant’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “ljubъ ljuba ljubo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 108; PR 138)”