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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablъkъ
Proto-Slavic
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*àblъkъ
Etymology
From *ablo (“apple”) + *-ъkъ.
Noun
*àblъkъ m[1][2]
- (originally) Diminutive of *ablo (“apple”)
- (East Slavic) apple
Inflection
Declension of *àblъkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *àblъkъ | *àblъka | *àblъci |
Accusative | *àblъkъ | *àblъka | *àblъky |
Genitive | *àblъka | *àblъku | *àblъkъ |
Locative | *àblъcě | *àblъku | *àblъcě̄xъ |
Dative | *àblъku | *àblъkoma | *àblъkomъ |
Instrumental | *àblъkъmь, *àblъkomь* | *àblъkoma | *àblъkȳ |
Vocative | *àblъče | *àblъka | *àblъci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
nouns
- *ablonica f (“apple tree”)
- *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
- *ablonь f (“apple tree”)
- *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
- *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
- *ablušьko n (diminutive)
- *ablъ m (“apple”)
- *ablъko m (“apple”)
- *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
- *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
- *abolnъ m (“some tree”)
adjectives
- *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 some tree”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗблокъ (jablokŭ)
- Belarusian: я́блык (jáblyk)
- Russian: я́блок (jáblok) (dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: ꙗблокъ (jablokŭ)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 47
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àblъko; *àblъka; *àblъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25