Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablonь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablonь

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

*ablonь / *abolnь

Alternative forms

• *abolnь

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbōlnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebōl-n-is, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple”). Cognates include Lithuanian obelìs, Old Prussian wobalne, Proto-Celtic *abalnā.

Noun

àblonь f[1][2][3]

1. (botany) apple tree (any plant of the genus Malus)

Declension

Declension of *àblonь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*àblonь	*àbloni	*àbloni
Accusative	*àblonь	*àbloni	*àbloni
Genitive	*àblonī	*àblonьju, *àbloňu*	*àblonьjь, *àblonī*
Locative	*àblonī	*àblonьju, *àbloňu*	*àblonьxъ
Dative	*àbloni	*àblonьma	*àblonьmъ
Instrumental	*àblonьjǫ, *àbloňǭ*	*àblonьma	*àblonьmī
Vocative	*abloni	*àbloni	*àbloni

^* 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).

Derived terms

nouns

• *ablonica f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)

 

adjectives

• *ablonevъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьjь (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonovъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)

 

Related terms

nouns

• *ablo n (“apple”)
• *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”)

 

adjectives

• *ablъčьnъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *ablъkovъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *abolnovъ (“pertaining to some tree”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗблонь (jablonĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́блонь (jáblonʹ), ꙗ́блунь (jáblunʹ), ꙗ́блынь (jáblynʹ), ꙗ́блунъ (jáblun)
      • Ukrainian: я́блунь (jáblunʹ); я́блонь (jáblonʹ), я́блінь (jáblinʹ), я́блун (jáblun) (dialectal)
    • Russian: я́блонь (jáblonʹ), я́блоня (jáblonja)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jablon
    • Czech: jabloň
  • Polabian: joblün, joblüńă
  • Old Polish: jabłoń, jebłoń
    • Polish: jabłoń; jabłeń, jabłonia (dialectal)
  • Slovak: jabloň
  • Slovincian: jãblȯu̯n
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jabłoń
    • Upper Sorbian: jabłoń

Adjective

*ablonь[4]

1. (relational) apple tree

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *ablonь (soft)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ablonь	*ablona	*ablone
Accusative	*ablonь	*ablonǫ	*ablone
Genitive	*ablona	*ablonę	*ablona
Locative	*abloni	*abloni	*abloni
Dative	*ablonu	*abloni	*ablonu
Instrumental	*ablonemь	*ablonejǫ	*ablonemь
Vocative	*ablonu	*ablone	*ablone
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ablona	*abloni	*abloni
Accusative	*ablona	*abloni	*abloni
Genitive	*ablonu	*ablonu	*ablonu
Locative	*ablonu	*ablonu	*ablonu
Dative	*ablonema	*ablonama	*ablonema
Instrumental	*ablonema	*ablonama	*ablonema
Vocative	*ablona	*abloni	*abloni
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*abloni	*ablonę	*ablona
Accusative	*ablonę	*ablonę	*ablona
Genitive	*ablonь	*ablonь	*ablonь
Locative	*ablonixъ	*ablonaxъ	*ablonixъ
Dative	*ablonemъ	*ablonamъ	*ablonemъ
Instrumental	*abloni	*ablonami	*abloni
Vocative	*abloni	*ablonę	*ablona

Definite declension of *ablonь (soft)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ablonьjь	*ablonaja	*abloneje
Accusative	*ablonьjь	*ablonǫjǫ	*abloneje
Genitive	*ablonajego	*ablonęję	*ablonajego
Locative	*ablonijemь	*abloniji	*ablonijemь
Dative	*ablonujemu	*abloniji	*ablonujemu
Instrumental	*ablonijimi	*ablonǫjǫ	*ablonijimi
Vocative	*ablonьjь	*ablonaja	*abloneje
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ablonaja	*abloniji	*abloniji
Accusative	*ablonaja	*abloniji	*abloniji
Genitive	*ablonuju	*ablonuju	*ablonuju
Locative	*ablonuju	*ablonuju	*ablonuju
Dative	*ablonijima	*ablonijima	*ablonijima
Instrumental	*ablonijima	*ablonijima	*ablonijima
Vocative	*ablonaja	*abloniji	*abloniji
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*abloniji	*ablonęję	*ablonaja
Accusative	*ablonęję	*ablonęję	*ablonaja
Genitive	*ablonьjixъ	*ablonьjixъ	*ablonьjixъ
Locative	*ablonijixъ	*ablonijixъ	*ablonijixъ
Dative	*ablonijimъ	*ablonijimъ	*ablonijimъ
Instrumental	*ablonijimi	*ablonijimi	*ablonijimi
Vocative	*abloniji	*ablonęję	*ablonaja

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jabloní

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “ablonь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 42
2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àboln; *àblon”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablonь : ablanь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 146
4. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablonьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 43

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яблоня”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Snoj, Marko (2016), “jablana”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “я́блуко”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 529
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “jabłoń”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 202