lubczyk
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish lubszczek, from Middle High German lübestecke,[1] from Old High German lubistechal,[2] from Proto-West Germanic *lubistik, from Latin lubisticum, libisticum, from ligusticum, from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (lĭgŭstĭkón), from Ancient Greek Λῐγῠστῐκός (Lĭgŭstĭkós), from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).
Compare Czech libeček, Slovak ľubček, Lower Sorbian libštok, Upper Sorbian lubčik, Serbo-Croatian љуба́чац, Slovene lúštek.
The German and Slavic words were transformed under the influence of folk etymologies linking them with the words lubić (“to like”), luby (“lover”) (cognate with Middle High German liep). Compare English lovage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlup.t͡ʂɘk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -upt͡ʂɘk
- Syllabification: lub‧czyk
Noun
lubczyk m inan
- lovage (Levisticum officinale)
- lovage (Mediterranean herb)
Declension
Declension of lubczyk
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lubczyk | lubczyki |
| genitive | lubczyku | lubczyków |
| dative | lubczykowi | lubczykom |
| accusative | lubczyk | lubczyki |
| instrumental | lubczykiem | lubczykami |
| locative | lubczyku | lubczykach |
| vocative | lubczyku | lubczyki |
Related terms
adjective
- lubczykowy
Descendants
- → Belarusian: лубісто́к (lubistók)
- → Lithuanian: li̇̀pčikas
- → Russian: лу́бчик (lúbčik) (dialectal)
- → Carpathian Rusyn: лубчик (lubčyk)
- → Ukrainian: люби́сток (ljubýstok)
- → Russian: люби́сток (ljubístok)
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “lubczyk”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 350
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “lubczyk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)