ābele
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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 obelìs, 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of ābele (5th declension)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ābele”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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