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iub
babe / love (informal term of endearment) /jub/
noun#2214 most common
Also: darling, sweetheart, hon
Example sentences
Bună, iub!
Hi, babe!
Mulțumesc, iub!
Thanks, babe!
Ce faci azi, iub?
What are you doing today, babe?
Mi-e dor de tine, iub.
I miss you, babe.
Vin acasă mai târziu, iub, nu mă aștepta treaz.
I'm coming home later, babe, don't wait up for me.
Nu știu ce m-aș face fără tine, iub, mai ales acum, când toate merg pe dos.
I don't know what I'd do without you, babe, especially now, with everything going wrong.
Word family
Etymology
Iub is a clipped, informal form used mainly in texting and chat, short for iubito or iubitule, the vocative forms of iubit/iubită (beloved). It shares its root with the verb a iubi, to love, which Romanian borrowed from a Slavic source related to Old Church Slavonic ljubŭ. The clipping itself is a recent, spoken-language habit, not an inherited word.
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