люб
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ.
Usage notes
In the modern language, only used as a proper name or in substantivized form.
Declension
Positive forms of люб
Comparative forms of люб
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | по́-лю́б pó-ljúb |
по́-лю́ба pó-ljúba |
по́-лю́бо pó-ljúbo |
по́-лю́би pó-ljúbi |
definite (subject form) |
по́-лю́бият pó-ljúbijat |
по́-лю́бата pó-ljúbata |
по́-лю́бото pó-ljúboto |
по́-лю́бите pó-ljúbite |
definite (object form) |
по́-лю́бия pó-ljúbija |
Superlative forms of люб
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | на́й-лю́б náj-ljúb |
на́й-лю́ба náj-ljúba |
на́й-лю́бо náj-ljúbo |
на́й-лю́би náj-ljúbi |
definite (subject form) |
на́й-лю́бият náj-ljúbijat |
на́й-лю́бата náj-ljúbata |
на́й-лю́бото náj-ljúboto |
на́й-лю́бите náj-ljúbite |
definite (object form) |
на́й-лю́бия náj-ljúbija |
Derived terms
- лю́бя (ljúbja, “to love”) (causative-iterative)
- Любо- (Ljubo-) (first component of proper names)
- Любозар m (Ljubozar), Любозара f (Ljubozara)
- Любомил m (Ljubomil), Любомила f (Ljubomila)
- Любомир m (Ljubomir), Любомира f (Ljubomira)
- Любослав m (Ljuboslav), Любослава f (Ljuboslava)
- лю́бе n (ljúbe), лю́ба f (ljúba, “darling”) (substantivized)
- любика (ljubika), любица (ljubica, “Aquilegia”) (dialectal)
- люби́на (ljubína, “loved one”) (dialectal)
- люби́в (ljubív, “loving”)
- водолюби́в (vodoljubív, “hydrophilic”)
- родолюби́в (rodoljubív, “patriotic”)
- сухолюби́в (suholjubív, “xerophytic”)
- човеколюби́в (čovekoljubív, “humanistic”)
Related terms
- любо́в (ljubóv, “love”)
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “*люб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 57
- “люубъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲup]
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