ābele
See also: abele, Abele, ābelē, and Ābele
Latvian
Ābele
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ābōl, genitive *ābeles (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 яблінь (jáblin’), Russian, Belarusian яблоня (jáblonja), Bulgarian яблан (jablan), аблан (jablán, ablán), Czech jabloň, Polish jabłoń).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âːbɛle]
Noun
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
Declension of ābele (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ābele | ābeles |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ābeli | ābeles |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ābeles | ābeļu |
| dative (datīvs) | ābelei | ābelēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ābeli | ābelēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ābelē | ābelēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ābele | ābeles |
Related terms
- ābols
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ābele”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN