ābele

Latvian

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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 я́блінь (jáblinʹ), Russian я́блоня (jáblonja), Belarusian я́бланя (jáblanja), Bulgarian ябла́н (jablán), абла́н (ablán), Czech jabloň, Polish jabłoń).

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Noun

ābele f (5th declension)

1. 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

Related terms

• ābols

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