любеница

From луб (lub, “oval plank”) (dialectal) +‎ -еница (-enica), with expressive ablaut -у- > -ю-.

• IPA^(key): [lʲʊbɛˈnit͡sə]

любени́ца • (ljubeníca) f

1. (obsolete) circular, ovate shape
2. (dialectal) epithet for the watermelon fruit (called so because of its shape)

   Synonym: ди́ня (dínja)

3. (figurative, derogatory) fatso (fat person)

• лубени́ца (lubeníca), лубе́ница (lubénica), лубе́йница (lubéjnica) – dialectal
• лобени́ца (lobeníca) – dialectal
• любени́ка (ljubeníka) – dialectal

• лъб (lǎb), лъ́бец (lǎ́bec, “skull; leek skin”) (dialectal)
• лоб (lob, “forehead”) (Russian borrowing)
• па́луба (páluba, “deck”)

• любеница in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• любеница in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “любеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 572
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “любеника”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 572
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “лубеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 484