полба

Russian

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes dubiously derived from a Proto-Slavic *pъlba and considered an isogloss with Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”), Latin puls (“porridge of spelt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpoɫbə]

Noun

по́лба • (pólba) f inan (genitive по́лбы, nominative plural по́лбы, genitive plural полб)

  1. spelt (Triticum spelta)

Declension

Declension of по́лба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative по́лба
pólba 		по́лбы
pólby
genitive по́лбы
pólby 		по́лб
pólb
dative по́лбе
pólbe 		по́лбам
pólbam
accusative по́лбу
pólbu 		по́лбы
pólby
instrumental по́лбой, по́лбою
pólboj, pólboju 		по́лбами
pólbami
prepositional по́лбе
pólbe 		по́лбах
pólbax

Further reading

  • Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян (in Russian), Moscow: Наука, published 2003, →ISBN, page 239,
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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