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

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	люб ljub	лю́ба ljúba	лю́бо ljúbo	лю́би ljúbi
definite (subject form)	лю́бият ljúbijat	лю́бата ljúbata	лю́бото ljúboto	лю́бите ljúbite
definite (object form)	лю́бия ljúbija

Positive 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

Comparative 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

Superlative forms of люб

Derived terms

• лю́бя (ljúbja, “to love”) (causative-iterative)
  • люби́м (ljubím, “favourite”)
  • любе́зен (ljubézen, “kind, gentle”)
• 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), volume 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]

Adjective

люб • (ljub)

1. short masculine singular of лю́бый (ljúbyj)