любꙑ

See also: любы

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľuby, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

Noun

любꙑ • (ljuby) f

1. love
   • Кор. 13:1-8 from Охр. ап.:

     и аще и ꙙꙁъікъі чл҃чьскъіꙙ гл҃ѭ и аг҃гльскъіꙙ· любъве же не имамь· бъіхъ ꙗко и мѣдъ ꙁвънѧщи ли кумбалъ ꙁвѧцаꙙ·

     i ašte i ęzŭikŭi čl:čĭskŭię gl:jǫ i ag:glĭskŭię· ljubŭve že ne imamĭ· bŭixŭ jako i mědŭ zvŭnęšti li kumbalŭ zvęcaę·

     If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

Declension

Declension of любꙑ (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	любꙑ ljuby	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi
genitive	любъве ljubŭve	любъвоу ljubŭvu	любъвъ ljubŭvŭ
dative	любъви ljubŭvi	любъвама ljubŭvama	любъвамъ ljubŭvamŭ
accusative	любъвь ljubŭvĭ	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi
instrumental	любъвьѭ, любъвиѭ ljubŭvĭjǫ, ljubŭvijǫ	любъвама ljubŭvama	любъвами ljubŭvami
locative	любъве ljubŭve	любъвоу ljubŭvu	любъвахъ ljubŭvaxŭ
vocative	любꙑ ljuby	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi

Related terms

• любити (ljubiti)

References

• Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľuby.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /lʲuˈbɯ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /lʲuˈbɯ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /lʲuˈbɯ/
• Hyphenation: лю‧бꙑ

Noun

любꙑ (ljuby) f

1. love

Declension

Declension of любꙑ (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	любꙑ ljuby	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi
Genitive	любъве ljubŭve	любъву ljubŭvu	любъвъ ljubŭvŭ
Dative	любъви ljubŭvi	любъвама ljubŭvama	любъвамъ ljubŭvamŭ
Accusative	любъвь ljubŭvĭ	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi
Instrumental	любъвиѭ, любъвьѭ ljubŭvijǫ, ljubŭvĭjǫ	любъвама ljubŭvama	любъвами ljubŭvami
Locative	любъве ljubŭve	любъву ljubŭvu	любъвахъ ljubŭvaxŭ
Vocative	любꙑ ljuby	любъви ljubŭvi	любъви ljubŭvi

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: любы (ljuby)
• ⇒ Old East Slavic: любо́вь (ljubóvĭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: любо́въ (ljubóv), лубо́въ (lubóv); лѫбо́въ (lubóv), lubów, любоⷡ (ljuboͮ)
    • Belarusian: любо́ў (ljubóŭ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: любо́в (ljubóv)
    • Ukrainian: любо́в (ljubóv)
  • Russian: любо́вь (ljubóvʹ)
    • → Bulgarian: любо́в (ljubóv)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “любꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 87