луб

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lub"

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^*, relational adjective лубяно́й) (* The plural noun forms are non-standard.)

1. bast (of a tree)

   Synonym: подко́рье n (podkórʹje)

Declension

Declension of луб (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лу́б lúb	лу́бья△* lúbʹja△*
genitive	лу́ба lúba	лу́бьев△* lúbʹjev△*
dative	лу́бу lúbu	лу́бьям△* lúbʹjam△*
accusative	лу́б lúb	лу́бья△* lúbʹja△*
instrumental	лу́бом lúbom	лу́бьями△* lúbʹjami△*
prepositional	лу́бе lúbe	лу́бьях△* lúbʹjax△*

^△ Irregular.
^* The plural noun forms are non-standard.

Derived terms

• лубо́к m (lubók)
• лубяно́й (lubjanój)
• па́луба f (páluba)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “луб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 493