любовъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), лубо́въ (lubóv), лѫбо́въ (lubóv), lubów, любоⷡ (ljuboͮ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic любо́вь (ljubóvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ̀vь (accusative of nominative *ľubỳ). Doublet of любы (ljuby).

Noun

любовъ • (ljubov) f inan

1. love

Descendants

• Belarusian: любо́ў (ljubóŭ)
• Carpathian Rusyn: любо́в (ljubóv)
• Ukrainian: любо́в (ljubóv)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*любовъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 566
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), “любовъ, лубовъ, любовь”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 160
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “любовъ, лубовъ, любовь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 164