Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • юби (iubi)Post-1930s (Moldovan) Cyrillic spelling

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic любити (ljubiti), from Proto-Slavic *ľubiti, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [juˈbi]
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Verb edit

a iubi (third-person singular present iubește, past participle iubit) 4th conj.

  1. (transitive) to love
    te iubesc (pe tine)
    I love you
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of iubire or iubit.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈju.bi/
  • Hyphenation: iu‧bi

Noun edit

iubi m or f (uncountable)

  1. (informal, chiefly vocative) baby, lover, sweetheart