любой
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ. By surface analysis, любить (ljubitʹ, “to like”) + -ой (-oj). For semantic shift to "whichever" compare Latin quilibet, German beliebig, Spanish qualquiera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]любо́й • (ljubój)
- any, either, whichever one wants quotations ▼
Declension
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show ▼Pre-reform declension of любо́й (no short forms)
Related terms
[edit]- облюбова́ть (obljubovátʹ)
Descendants
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- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (love)
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms suffixed with -ой
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian determiners
- Russian terms with quotations
- Russian hard-stem ending-stressed adjectives
- Russian ending-stressed adjectives