ľúbiti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈluːbici/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈliːbici/

Verb

ľúbiti impf

to like, to love
Synonym: milovati
to kiss
Synonyms: ľúbati, cělovati
- 15th century, Hynek z Poděbrad, Neuberský sborník‎:
  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.
(reflexive with sě) to please [+dative someone] (idiomatically translated by English like with subject and object reversed)
- 1469, Kronika trojánská‎:
  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	ľúb́enie

	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	ľúb́en	ľúb́ena	ľúb́eni
Feminine	ľúbila	ľúbile	ľúbily	ľúb́ena	ľúb́eně	ľúb́eny
Neuter	ľúbilo	ľúbile	ľúbila	ľúb́eno	ľúb́eně	ľúb́ena

	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