Ljubica ( sr-cyr, Љубица and mk, Љубица) is a
Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a
diminutive suffix
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
. Also, ''ljubica'' means violet, while the actual flower is ''ljubičica'', a superdiminutive. It is
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...
in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia.
Variants
* Bulgarian: ''Lyubitsa'', Любица
* Slovak: ''Ľubica''
See also
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Ljuba (name) Ljuba is a Slavic given name. In the Serbian language, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to Ljubomir or Ljubo. In other Slavic languages it's more often a feminine name (Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian), cognate to Lyubov, and also spell ...
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Ljubomir (given name)
Serbian feminine given names
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