ābele

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See also: abele, Abele, ābelē, and Ābele

Latvian

 ābele on Latvian Wikipedia
Ābele

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *āˀbōl, genitive *āˀbeles (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).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ābele f (5th declension)

  1. apple tree (gen. Malus)
    stādīt, kopt ābelesto plant, to cultivate apple trees
    ābele ziedosapple tree in flower
    ābele pilna ar āboliemapple tree full of apples
    ābeļu sugasapple tree species
    galva balta kā ābelehead as white as an apple tree(= gray hair)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ābele”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN