Untranslatable wordEmotion
Russian
Razliubit
Meaning: To fall out of love — the process of ceasing to love someone you once loved, leaving behind a hollow where affection used to be.
Literally: To un-love
Origin: Russian раз- (reversal prefix) + любить ('to love'); the named feeling English leaves wordless.
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