Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľubiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaubī́ˀtei (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰéyeti, from *lewbʰ- (“to desire, love”).^[1]

Verb

*ľūbìti impf^[1]^[2]

to love
(West Slavic, reflexive) to please [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ľubiti, *ľubi, *ľubitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ľubľenьje	*ľubiti	*ľubitъ	*ľubilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ľubľenъ	*ľubimъ
Active	*ľubľь	*ľubę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ľubixъ	*ľubi	*ľubi	*ľubľǫ	*ľubiši	*ľubitь
Dual	*ľubixově	*ľubista	*ľubiste	*ľubivě	*ľubita	*ľubite
Plural	*ľubixomъ	*ľubiste	*ľubišę	*ľubimъ	*ľubite	*ľubętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ľubľaaxъ	*ľubľaaše	*ľubľaaše	—	*ľubi	*ľubi
Dual	*ľubľaaxově	*ľubľaašeta	*ľubľaašete	*ľubivě	*ľubita	—
Plural	*ľubľaaxomъ	*ľubľaašete	*ľubľaaxǫ	*ľubimъ	*ľubite	—

(*)*ľubivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*ľuby (“love”)
*ľubь (“love”)
*ľubъ (“sweet, pleasant”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: любити (ljubiti)
  - Belarusian: любі́ць (ljubícʹ)
  - Russian: люби́ть (ljubítʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: любить (ljubytʹ), любити (ljubyty)
  - Ukrainian: люби́ти (ljubýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: любити (ljubiti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱓⰱⰻⱅⰻ (ljubiti)
  - → Romanian: iubi
- Bulgarian: лю́бя (ljúbja)
- Macedonian: љуби (ljubi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: љу́бити
  - Latin script: ljúbiti
- Slovene: ljubīti, ljūbiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ľúbiti
  - Czech: líbit
- Old Polish: lubić
  - Polish: lubić
  - Silesian: lubić
- Polabian: ľaibĕt
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: lubic
  - Slovincian: lëbjic
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: любиц (ljubic)
  - Slovak: ľúbiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: lubiś
  - Upper Sorbian: lubić

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļūbìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “v. (b) ‘love’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “ljubiti: ljubjǫ ljubitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elske (PR 137)”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļūbìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “v. (b) ‘love’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “ljubiti: ljubjǫ ljubitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elske (PR 137)”

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