lubb

Swedish

Etymology

From dialectal Swedish lubber (“fat and sluggish person”), from Proto-Germanic *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lep- (“to peel, skin”). See also English lubber, English lob, Danish lobbes (“bumpkin, clown”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lubb c

  1. cusk, Brosme brosme
  2. a clumsy or thick object

Declension

Declension of lubb
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lubb lubbs
definite lubben lubbens
plural indefinite lubbar lubbars
definite lubbarna lubbarnas

References

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