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Russian
Etymology
Unknown. Sometimes dubiously derived from a Proto-Slavic *pъlba and considered an isogloss with Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”), Latin puls (“porridge of spelt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́лба • (pólba) f inan (genitive по́лбы, nominative plural по́лбы, genitive plural полб)
- spelt (Triticum spelta)
Declension
Further reading
- Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян (in Russian), Moscow: Наука, published 2003, →ISBN, page 239,
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress