любов

See also: Любов and љубов

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), superseding native любъ́в (ljubǎ́v), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ľuby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲo̟ˈbɔf]

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• Rhymes: -ɔf

Noun

любо́в • (ljubóv) f (relational adjective любо́вен)

1. (uncountable) love, attachment, affection

   Synonym: о́бич (óbič)

2. (countable) love affair, a romance
3. (countable) a love, a darling, a sweetheart (the object of one’s romantic feelings)
4. (uncountable) enthusiasm, fervour, zeal

   Synonyms: охо́та (ohóta), жела́ние (želánie)

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	любо́в ljubóv	любо́ви ljubóvi
definite	любовта́ ljubovtá	любо́вите ljubóvite

Declension of любо́в

Alternative forms

• любъв (ljubǎv) — obsolete

Derived terms

• любо́вник m (ljubóvnik), любо́вница f (ljubóvnica)
• любвеоби́лен (ljubveobílen, “loving, amative”)

Related terms

• лю́бя (ljúbja, “to love”), любу́вам се (ljubúvam se, “to relish, to enjoy”)
• люб (ljub, “amiable, charming”) (obsolete, found in compounds)

References

• “любов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “любов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “любо́вь и любъ́вь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 35
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “любов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 573
• “люубꙑ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ukrainian любо́въ f (ljubóv, nominative and accusative), from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ̀vь f (accusative of nominative *ľubỳ f).

Cognate with Belarusian любо́ў f (ljubóŭ); Russian любо́вь f (ljubóvʹ); etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲʊˈbɔu̯]

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• Hyphenation: лю‧бо́в

Noun

любо́в • (ljubóv) f inan (genitive любо́ві or любо́ви, uncountable, relational adjective любо́вний)

1. (uncountable) love (strong affection)

   Synonym: коха́ння (koxánnja)

Declension

	singular
nominative	любо́в ljubóv
genitive	любо́ві, любо́ви ljubóvi, ljubóvy
dative	любо́ві ljubóvi
accusative	любо́в ljubóv
instrumental	любо́в'ю ljubóvʺju
locative	любо́ві ljubóvi
vocative	любо́ве ljubóve

Declension of любо́в (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

Related terms

• любо́вно (ljubóvno)

 

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “любов”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “любов”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)