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луб

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lubъ (bast), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-ó-s, from *lewbʰ- (to peel, cut off, harm). Cognate with Lithuanian lùpti (to peel, to shell), Latvian luba (narrow strip of wood), Latin liber (book, inner bark of a tree), Proto-Germanic *laubą (whence English leaf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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луб (lubm inan (genitive лу́ба, nominative plural лу́бья*, genitive plural лу́бьев*, relational adjective лубяно́й) (* The plural noun forms are non-standard.)

  1. bast (of a tree)
    Synonym: подко́рье n (podkórʹje)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “луб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 493