ābele
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *āˀbōl, genitive *āˀbeles (from this paradigm, the two forms ābols (“apple”) and ābele (“apple tree”) were later differentiated), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébl̥, *h₂ebōl, a word which some consider a borrowing from some pre-Indo-European language.
Cognates include Lithuanian obeli̇̀s, Old Prussian wobelne, Proto-Slavic *ablonь, *abolnь (Ukrainian я́блінь (jáblinʹ), Russian я́блоня (jáblonja), Belarusian я́бланя (jáblanja), Bulgarian ябла́н (jablán), абла́н (ablán), Czech jabloň, Polish jabłoń).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âːbɛle]
Noun
ābele f (5th declension)
- apple tree (gen. Malus)
- stādīt, kopt ābeles ― to plant, to cultivate apple trees
- ābele ziedos ― apple tree in flower
- ābele pilna ar āboliem ― apple tree full of apples
- ābeļu sugas ― apple tree species
- galva balta kā ābele ― head as white as an apple tree(= gray hair)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ābele | ābeles |
| genitive | ābeles | ābeļu |
| dative | ābelei | ābelēm |
| accusative | ābeli | ābeles |
| instrumental | ābeli | ābelēm |
| locative | ābelē | ābelēs |
| vocative | ābele | ābeles |
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ābele”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN