Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablonica

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablonica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ablonь (“apple tree”) +‎ *-ica

Noun

àblonica f[1]

1. (West and South Slavic, botany) apple tree? apple orchard?

Declension

Declension of *àblonica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*àblonica	*àblonici	*àblonicę̇
Accusative	*àblonicǫ	*àblonici	*àblonicę̇
Genitive	*àblonicę̇	*àblonicu	*àblonicь
Locative	*àblonicī	*àblonicu	*àblonicāsъ
Dative	*àblonicī	*àblonicama	*àblonicāmъ
Instrumental	*àblonicējǫ, *àblonicǭ*	*àblonicama	*àblonicāmī
Vocative	*àblonice	*àblonici	*àblonicę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

• *ablo n (“apple”)
• *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
• *ablušьko n (diminutive)
• *ablъ m (“apple”)
• *ablъka f (“apple”)
• *ablъko n (“apple”)
• *ablъkъ m (“apple”)
• *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *abolnъ m (“some tree”)

 

adjective

• *ablonevъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьjь (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonovъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablъčьnъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *ablъkovъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *abolnovъ (“pertaining to apples”)

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (via *abolnica)

    Cyrillic: Ја̏бланица (toponym)

    Latin: Jȁblanica (toponym)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jablonice (“apple orchard”)
  • Polish: Jabłonica (toponyms)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: jabłońca (“apple tree”)

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablonica/*abolnica?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 42