ljubav

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľuby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎǔːbaʋ/

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• Hyphenation: lju‧bav
• Rhymes: -baʋ

Noun

ljúbav f (Cyrillic spelling љу́бав)

1. love, affection
   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     Ljubav je radosna stav
     od svih željna, tko di prav.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of ljubav

	singular	plural
nominative	ljubav	ljubavi
genitive	ljubavi	ljubavi
dative	ljubavi	ljubavima
accusative	ljubav	ljubavi
vocative	ljubavi	ljubavi
locative	ljubavi	ljubavima
instrumental	ljubavlju / ljubavi	ljubavima

Synonyms

• (Croatia) ljubezan, milošća

Derived terms

• ljubav je slepa
• ljubavni
• ljubavnica
• ljubavnički
• ljubavnik
• ljubitelj

References

• “ljubav”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025