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

*ablonь / *abolnь

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 obelìs, Old Prussian wobalne, Proto-Celtic *abalnā.

Noun

àbolnь f

1. (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

• *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *abolnъ m (“some tree”)

 

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

• *ablonevъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьjь (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonovъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablъčьnъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *ablъkovъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *abolnovъ (“pertaining to apples”)

 

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)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яблоня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “jablana”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “я́блуко”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 529
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jabłoń”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 202