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Lithuanian
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European plant name, compound of *ḱwṓ, *ḱun- (“dog”) and *h₂ébōl (“apple”), whence respectively Lithuanian šuo and obuolỹs, also found in Dacian κινούβοιλα (kinoúboila) and Thracian sinupyla, dinupula (“bryony”).[1] Orel disputedly further connects this to Albanian thënukël (“dogberry”).[2]
Noun
šùnobelė f (plural needs inflection) stress pattern 1 (botany)
- crabapple (Malus sylvestris)
- Synonym: miškinė obelis
- buckthorn (Rhamnus or Frangula)
- Synonym: šaltekšnis
- hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
- Synonym: grauželinė gudobelė
- blackthorn, sloe (Prunus spinosa)
- Synonym: dygioji slyva
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ^ “obelìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 824 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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