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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *ľubiti (“to love”).
Noun
*ľubь f
- love
Inflection
Declension of *ľubь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ľubь | *ľubi | *ľubi |
Accusative | *ľubь | *ľubi | *ľubi |
Genitive | *ľubi | *ľubьju, *ľubľu* | *ľubьjь, *ľubi* |
Locative | *ľubi | *ľubьju, *ľubľu* | *ľubьxъ |
Dative | *ľubi | *ľubьma | *ľubьmъ |
Instrumental | *ľubьjǫ, *ľubľǫ* | *ľubьma | *ľubьmi |
Vocative | *ľubi | *ľubi | *ľubi |
* 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).
Synonyms
- *ľuby (“love”)
Related terms
- *ľubiti (“to love”)
- *ľubo (“or”)
- *ľuby (“love”)
- *ľubъ (“sweet, pleasant”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: Любь (Ljubʹ)
- Russian: любь (ljubʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: любь (ljubĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱐ (ljubĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Unspecified:
- Latin: ļub
- Slovene: ljȗb
- Old Church Slavonic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ljubь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 186