epli
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse epli, from Proto-Germanic *apaliją, *apluz (“apple, fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːʰplɪ/
Noun
epli n (genitive singular eplis, plural epli)
- potato (Solanum tuberosum)
- 1975, Jacob Olsen, Landalæra. Amerika, Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (publ.), page 79.
- Har verður nógv drivið upp á landbúnaðin, og á gørðunum (haciendas) dyrka teir hveiti, mais, bygg, rís, epli og vín.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1975, Jacob Olsen, Landalæra. Amerika, Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (publ.), page 79.
- (poetic, biblical) apple
- 1988, Símunartáttur.
- Her Ádóm, tú mín keri, / eg tær tað epli beri, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1988, Símunartáttur.
Usage notes
Note that an apple is in common usage always referred to as súrepli.
Declension
n24 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | epli | eplið | epli(r) | eplini |
Accusative | epli | eplið | epli(r) | eplini |
Dative | epli | epl(i)num | eplum | eplunum |
Genitive | eplis | eplisins | epla | eplanna |
Synonyms
- epl
- jørðepli
Derived terms
- súrepli
Related terms
- grønmeti
- heslinøt
- jarðnøt
- kokusnøt
- leykur
- muskatnøt
- paranøt
- piparnøt
- sólblómufræ
- tomat
- valnøt
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛhplɪ]
- Rhymes: -ɛhplɪ
Etymology 1
From Old Norse epli, from Proto-Germanic *apaliją, *apluz (“apple, fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Noun
epli n (genitive singular eplis, nominative plural epli)
- apple
Declension
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | epli | eplið | epli | eplin |
accusative | epli | eplið | epli | eplin |
dative | epli | eplinu | eplum | eplunum |
genitive | eplis | eplisins | epla | eplanna |
See also
- adamsepli
- eplasafi
- eplasaft
- eplatré
- jarðepli
- bíta í það súra epli
Etymology 2
See epill.
Noun
epli
- indefinite dative singular of epill
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
epli n
(non-standard since 2012)
- definite plural of eple
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *apaliją, *apluz (“apple, fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Old English æppel, Old Frisian appel, Old Saxon appel, Dutch appel, Old High German apful (German Apfel), Crimean Gothic apel. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish uball (Irish úll), Lithuanian obuolys, Proto-Slavic *ablъko (Russian я́блоко (jábloko)).
Noun
epli n (genitive eplis, plural epli)
- apple
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | epli | eplit | epli | eplin |
accusative | epli | eplit | epli | eplin |
dative | epli | eplinu | eplum | eplunum |
genitive | eplis | eplisins | epla | eplanna |
Derived terms
- fjarðepli (“fjord-apple; stone”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: epli
- Faroese: epli (“apple, potato”)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eple
- Elfdalian: eppel
- Old Swedish: æple
- Swedish: äpple
- Old Danish: æplæ
- Danish: æble
- Norwegian Bokmål: eple
- Scanian: æble
- Danish: æble
- Gutnish: äpple
- → Greenlandic: iipili
References
- “epli”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press