люб

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ.

Adjective

люб • (ljub) (abstract noun лю́бство) (obsolete)

  1. amiable, charming, pleasant

Usage notes

In the modern language, only used as a proper name or in substantivized form.

Declension

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”)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲup]

Adjective

люб • (ljub)

  1. short masculine singular of лю́бый (ljúbyj)
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