обич

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *obyčь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔbit͡ʃ]

Noun

о́бич • (óbič) f or m

1. (uncountable) love, agape, attachment, affection

   Synonym: любо́в (ljubóv)

Usage notes

• Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

Declension

Declension of о́бич (normal feminine declension)

	singular
indefinite	о́бич óbič
definite	обичта́ običtá

Declension of о́бич (archaic masculine declension)

	singular
indefinite	о́бич óbič
definite (subject form)	о́бичът óbičǎt
definite (object form)	о́бича óbiča

Related terms

• оби́чам (obíčam)
• обичли́в (običlív)

References

• “обич”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “обич”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010