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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaubas, form Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-o-s, from *lewbʰ- (to love). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *leubaz.

Adjective

*ľubъ [1][2]

  1. sweet, pleasant

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: любъ (ljubŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: любъ (ljubŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱏ (ljubŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: лју̑б
      Latin: ljȗb
    • Slovene: ljȗb (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: libý
    • Polish: luby
    • Slovak: ľubý
    • Sorbian:

References

  1. 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’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), ljubъ ljuba ljubo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 108; PR 138)”
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