ליובאָווניק
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian любо́вник (ljubóvnik). Compare also Belarusian палюбо́ўнік (paljubóŭnik), Serbo-Croatian љу́ба̄внӣк.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ליובאָווניק • (lyubovnik) m, plural ליובאָווניקעס (lyubovnikes), feminine ליובאָווניצע (lyubovnitse)
- lover
- Synonyms: געליבטער (gelibter), קאָכאַנטשיק (kokhantshik), קאָכאַניק (kokhanik)
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “lover”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN