луб

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ɫup]

Noun

луб • (lub) m inan (genitive лу́ба, nominative plural лу́бья*, genitive plural лу́бьев*) (* The plural noun forms are non-standard.)

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

Declension

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