lubczyk

Polish
lubczyk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish lubszczek, from Middle High German lübestecke,[1] from Old High German lubistechal,[2] from Latin lubisticum, libisticum, from ligusticum (literally “a plant indigenous to Liguria”), from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón, “bastard lovage”), from Ancient Greek Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikós, “Ligurian”), from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus, “a Ligurian”).

Compare Czech libeček, Slovak ľubček, Lower Sorbian libštok, Upper Sorbian lubčik, Serbo-Croatian љуба́чац, Slovene lúštek.

The German and Slavic words were transformed under the influence of folk etymologies linking them with the words lubić (“to like”), luby (“lover”) (cognate with Middle High German liep). Compare English lovage.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlup.t͡ʂɨk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -upt͡ʂɨk
  • Syllabification: lub‧czyk

Noun

lubczyk m inan

  1. lovage

Declension
Declension of lubczyk
singular plural
nominative lubczyk lubczyki
genitive lubczyku lubczyków
dative lubczykowi lubczykom
accusative lubczyk lubczyki
instrumental lubczykiem lubczykami
locative lubczyku lubczykach
vocative lubczyku lubczyki
adjective
  • lubczykowy

Descendants
  • → Belarusian: лубісто́к (lubistók)
  • → Lithuanian: lìpčikas
  • → Russian: лу́бчик (lúbčik) (dialectal)
  • → Rusyn: лубчик (lubčyk)
  • → Ukrainian: люби́сток (ljubýstok)

References
  1. Franciszek Sławski (1958-1965), “lubczyk”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 350
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)

Further reading
  • lubczyk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lubczyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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