Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Related to *ľubiti (“to love”).

Noun

*ľubь f

love

Inflection

Declension of *ľubь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ľubь	*ľubi	*ľubi
genitive	*ľubi	ľubьju, ľubľu^*	ľubьjь, ľubi^*
dative	*ľubi	*ľubьma	*ľubьmъ
accusative	*ľubь	*ľubi	*ľubi
instrumental	ľubьjǫ, ľubľǫ^*	*ľubьma	*ľubьmi
locative	*ľubi	ľubьju, ľubľu^*	*ľubьxъ
vocative	*ľubi	*ľubi	*ľubi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Synonyms

*ľuby (“love”)

Related terms

*ľubiti (“to love”)
*ľubo (“or”)
*ľuby (“love”)
*ľubъ (“sweet, pleasant”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: Любь (Ljubʹ)
- Russian: любь (ljubʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: любь (ljubĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱐ (ljubĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  unspecified script:
  
  Latin script: ļub
- Slovene: ljȗb