Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *lъbъ. Cognate with Russian лоб (lob).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɫop]
  • (file)

Noun edit

лоб (lobm inan (genitive ілба́ or лба, nominative plural ілбы́ or лбы, genitive plural ілбо́ў or лбоў, relational adjective лабавы́, diminutive лабо́к)

  1. forehead
    Synonym: чало́ (čaló)

Usage notes edit

  • The forms beginning with іл- are used at the beginning of a clause and after words ending in consonants. The forms beginning with л- are used after vowels:
    з-пад ілба́z-pad ilbáfrowningly
    на лбеna lbjeon the forehead

Declension edit

References edit

  • лоб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɫɔp]
  • Hyphenation: лоб

Noun edit

лоб (lobm

  1. (sports) lob (pass or stroke which arches high into the air)

Declension edit

References edit

  • лоб” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

лоб (lobm inan (genitive лба, nominative plural лбы, genitive plural лбов, relational adjective ло́бный or лобово́й, diminutive ло́бик, augmentative лоби́ще)

  1. forehead
    Synonym: (archaic) чело́ (čeló)
    • 1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:
      Он думал и тёр себе лоб, и, странное дело, как-то невзначай, вдруг и почти сама собой, после очень долгого раздумья, пришла ему в голову одна престранная мысль.
      On dumal i tjor sebe lob, i, strannoje delo, kak-to nevznačaj, vdrug i počti sama soboj, posle očenʹ dolgovo razdumʹja, prišla jemu v golovu odna prestrannaja myslʹ.
      He pondered and rubbed his forehead, and, strange to say, after long musing, suddenly, as if it were spontaneously and by chance, a fantastic thought came into his head.
  2. (metonymically) an adult person
    • 2016 November 13, Лучше Всех [Better than All]‎[1], Maxim Galkin (actor):
      Миш, у меня для тебя одно важное признание. В отличие от тебя трёхлетнего, я, сорокалетний лоб играть в шахматы не умею. Поэтому мы тебе нашли достойного противника. Я приглашаю в эту студию двенадцатого чемпиона мира по шахматам, международного гроссмейстера, заслуженного мастера спорта СССР, Анатолия Карпова!
      Miš, u menja dlja tebja odno važnoje priznanije. V otličije ot tebja trjóxletnevo, ja, sorokaletnij lob igratʹ v šaxmaty ne umeju. Poetomu my tebe našli dostojnovo protivnika. Ja priglašaju v etu studiju dvenadcatovo čempiona mira po šaxmatam, meždunarodnovo grossmejstera, zaslužennovo mastera sporta SSSR, Anatolija Karpova!
      Mish, I have an important confession for you. Unlike three-years-old you, me, a forty-years-old man cannot play chess. Therefore we've found a worthy opponent for you. I'm inviting to the studio the 12th World Chess Champion, an international grandmaster, a Merited Sports Master of the USSR, Anatoly Karpov!

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Ukrainian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лобъ (lob), from Old East Slavic лобъ (lobŭ), лъбъ (lŭbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lъbъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

лоб (lobm inan (genitive ло́ба, nominative plural лоби́, genitive plural лобі́в)

  1. forehead
    Synonym: чоло́ n (čoló)

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