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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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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
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľubъ
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*ľuba
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*ľubo
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| genitive
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*ľuba
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*ľuby
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*ľuba
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| dative
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*ľubu
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*ľubě
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*ľubu
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| accusative
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*ľubъ
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*ľubǫ
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*ľubo
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| instrumental
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*ľubomь
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*ľubojǫ
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*ľubomь
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| locative
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*ľubě
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*ľubě
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*ľubě
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| vocative
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*ľube
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*ľubo
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*ľubo
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľuba
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*ľubě
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*ľubě
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| genitive
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*ľubu
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*ľubu
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*ľubu
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| dative
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*ľuboma
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*ľubama
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*ľuboma
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| accusative
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*ľuba
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*ľubě
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*ľubě
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| instrumental
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*ľuboma
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*ľubama
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*ľuboma
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| locative
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*ľubu
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*ľubu
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*ľubu
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| vocative
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*ľuba
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*ľubě
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*ľubě
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľubi
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*ľuby
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*ľuba
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| genitive
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*ľubъ
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*ľubъ
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*ľubъ
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| dative
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*ľubomъ
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*ľubamъ
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*ľubomъ
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| accusative
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*ľuby
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*ľuby
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*ľuba
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| instrumental
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*ľuby
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*ľubami
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*ľuby
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| locative
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*ľuběxъ
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*ľubaxъ
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*ľuběxъ
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| vocative
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*ľubi
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*ľuby
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*ľuba
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Definite declension of *ľubъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľubъjь
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*ľubaja
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*ľuboje
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| genitive
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*ľubajego
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*ľubyję̇
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*ľubajego
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| dative
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*ľubujemu
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*ľuběji
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*ľubujemu
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| accusative
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*ľubъjь
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*ľubǫjǫ
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*ľuboje
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| instrumental
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*ľubyjimь
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*ľubǫjǫ
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*ľubyjimь
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| locative
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*ľubějemь
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*ľuběji
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*ľubějemь
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| vocative
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*ľubъjь
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*ľubaja
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*ľuboje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľubaja
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*ľuběji
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*ľuběji
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| genitive
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*ľubuju
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*ľubuju
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*ľubuju
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| dative
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*ľubyjima
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*ľubyjima
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*ľubyjima
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| accusative
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*ľubaja
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*ľuběji
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*ľuběji
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| instrumental
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*ľubyjima
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*ľubyjima
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*ľubyjima
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| locative
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*ľubuju
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*ľubuju
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*ľubuju
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| vocative
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*ľubaja
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*ľuběji
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*ľuběji
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*ľubiji
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*ľubyję̇
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*ľubaja
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| genitive
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*ľubъjixъ
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*ľubъjixъ
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*ľubъjixъ
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| dative
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*ľubyjimъ
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*ľubyjimъ
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*ľubyjimъ
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| accusative
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*ľubyję̇
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*ľubyję̇
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*ľubaja
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| instrumental
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*ľubyjimi
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*ľubyjimi
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*ľubyjimi
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| locative
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*ľubyjixъ
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*ľubyjixъ
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*ľubyjixъ
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| vocative
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*ľubiji
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*ľubyję̇
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*ľubaja
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: любъ (ljubŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: любъ (ljubŭ)
- Glagolitic script: ⰾⱓⰱⱏ (ljubŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: љуб
- Latin script: ljȗb
- Slovene: ljȗb (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ľubý
- Polabian: ľaibĕ
- Polish: luby (archaic)
- Old Slovak: líbý, ľubý
- Pannonian Rusyn: люби (ljubi)
- Slovak: ľubý
- Sorbian:
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[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 108; PR 138)”