любеница

From луб (lub, “oval plank”) (dialectal) +‎ -еница (-enica), with expressive ablaut -у- > -ю-.

• IPA^(key): [lʲo̟bɛˈnit͡sɐ]

любени́ца • (ljubeníca) f

1. (obsolete) circular, ovate shape
2. (dialectal) epithet for the watermelon fruit (called so because of its shape)

   Synonym: ди́ня (dínja)

3. (figurative, derogatory) fatso (fat person)

• лубени́ца (lubeníca), лубе́ница (lubénica), лубе́йница (lubéjnica) — dialectal
• лобени́ца (lobeníca) — dialectal
• любени́ка (ljubeníka) — dialectal

• лъб (lǎb), лъ́бец (lǎ́bec, “skull; leek skin”) (dialectal)
• лоб (lob, “forehead”) (Russian borrowing)
• па́луба (páluba, “deck”)

• “любеница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “любеница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 572
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любеника”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 572
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лубеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 484