обич

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ob- and the root in Proto-Slavic *vyknǫti.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɔbit͡ʃ]

Noun

о́бич • (óbič) f or m

(uncountable) love, agape, attachment, affection
Synonym: любо́в (ljubóv)

Usage notes

Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

Declension

Declension of о́бич (normal feminine declension)
	singular
indefinite	о́бич óbič
definite	обичта́ običtá

Declension of о́бич (archaic masculine declension)
	singular
indefinite	о́бич óbič
definite (subject form)	о́бичът óbičǎt
definite (object form)	о́бича óbiča

Related terms

оби́чам (obíčam)
обичли́в (običlív)

References

“обич”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“обич”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

^ Георгиев, В.И., И. Дуриданов (ред.). Български етимологичен речник. София, Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 1995. Т. IV. стр 745.