ľúbiti
Old Czech
Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľūbìti.
Pronunciation
Verb
ľúbiti impf
- to like, to love
- Synonym: milovati
- to kiss
- Synonyms: ľúbati, cělovati
- 15th century, Hynek z Poděbrad, Neuberský sborník[1]:
- Tuť mě líbila ústky přepěknými,
rukama bílýma a přeušlechtilými
mnoho nastokrát mě obchycujíc,
praviec, že nad mě nemiluje nic.- Then she kissed me with her beautiful mouth
with her white and noble hands
hugging me many times
saying she didn't like anything more than me.
- Then she kissed me with her beautiful mouth
- (reflexive with sě) to please [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated by English like with subject and object reversed)
- 1469, Kronika trojánská[2]:
- A čím naň viece patřieše, tiem se jí viece líbieše a v jeho milování viece a viece se zapaluje.
- The more she looked at him, the more she liked him and the more she burns for his love.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ľúbiti (class IV)
| infinitive | supine | verbal noun |
|---|---|---|
| ľúbiti | ľúbit | ľúbenie |
| Present | Imperative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | ľúb́u | ľúbívě (-va) | ľúbím (-me/-my) | — | ľubvě, ľúbivě (-va) | ľubme, ľúbim (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | ľúbíš | ľúbíta | ľúbíte | ľub, ľúbi | ľubta, ľúbita | ľubte, ľúbite |
| 3rd person | ľúbí | ľúbíta | ľúbie | ľub, ľúbi | ľubta, ľúbita | ľubte, ľúbite |
| Sigmatic aorist | Imperfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | ľúbich | ľúbichově (-va) | ľúbichom (-me/-my) | ľúbiech | ľúbiechově (-va) | ľúbiechom (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | ľúbi | ľúbista (-šta) | ľúbiste (-šte) | ľúbieše | ľúbiešta (-sta) | ľúbiešte (-ste) |
| 3rd person | ľúbi | ľúbista (-šta) | ľúbichu | ľúbieše | ľúbiešta (-sta) | ľúbiechu |
| L-participle | Passive participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Masculine | ľúbil | ľúbila | ľúbili | ľúben | ľúbena | ľúbeni |
| Feminine | ľúbila | ľúbile | ľúbily | ľúbena | ľúbeně | ľúbeny |
| Neuter | ľúbilo | ľúbile | ľúbila | ľúbeno | ľúbeně | ľúbena |
| Nt-participle | S-participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Masculine | ľúbě | ľúbiece | ľúbiv | ľúbivše | ||
| Feminine | ľúbieci | ľúbivši | ||||
| Neuter | ľúbě, ľúbieci | ľúbiv, ľúbivši | ||||
Note: This table shows the most common forms of ľúbiti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms
- ľubý
- ľúbati
Descendants
- Czech: líbit
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “ľúbiti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění