Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/abolnь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*àblonь

Etymology

From Early Proto-Slavic *ā́˙balni, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbōlnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebōl-n-is, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple”). Cognates include Lithuanian obeli̇̀s, Old Prussian wobalne, Proto-Celtic *abalnā.

Noun

*àbolnь f

(botany) apple tree (any plant of the genus Malus)

Declension

Declension of *àbolnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àbolnь	*àbolni	*àbolni
genitive	*àbolnī	àbolnьju, àbolňu^*	àbolnьjь, àbolnī^*
dative	*àbolni	*àbolnьma	*àbolnьmъ
accusative	*àbolnь	*àbolni	*àbolni
instrumental	àbolnьjǫ, àbolňǭ^*	*àbolnьma	*àbolnьmī
locative	*àbolnī	àbolnьju, àbolňu^*	*àbolnьxъ
vocative	*abolni	*àbolni	*àbolni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

nouns

adjective

*abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)

Related terms

nouns

*ablo n (“apple”)
*ablonica f (“apple tree”)
*ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
*ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
*ablušьko n (diminutive)
*ablъ m (“apple”)
*ablъka f (“apple”)
*ablъko n (“apple”)
*ablъkъ m (“apple”)

adjective

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ꙗблань (jablanĭ), аблань (ablanĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: аблань (ablanĭ), ꙗблань (jablanĭ), облань (oblanĭ) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: я́блан (jáblan), ябла́н (jablán), абла́н (ablán); абле́н (ablén), ябле́н (jablén) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја̏бла̄н
  
  Latin script: jȁblān
- Slovene: jáblan, jáblana (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jablan
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jabołń (dialectal)

References

^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 65
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “ablonь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 42
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àboln; *àblon”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablonь : ablanь”, in Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 146