epli

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse epli, from Proto-Germanic *apalją, *apluz (apple, fruit), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːʰplɪ/

Noun

epli n (genitive singular eplis, plural epli)

  1. potato (Solanum tuberosum)
  2. (poetic, biblical) apple

Usage notes

Note that an apple is in common usage always referred to as súrepli.

Declension

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative epli eplið epli(r) eplini
Accusative epli eplið epli(r) eplini
Dative epli epl(i)num eplum eplunum
Genitive eplis eplisins epla eplanna

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Derived terms


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛhplɪ]
    Rhymes: -ɛhplɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse epli, from Proto-Germanic *apalją, *apluz (apple, fruit), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Noun

epli n (genitive singular eplis, nominative plural epli)

  1. apple
Declension

See also

Etymology 2

See epill.

Noun

epli

  1. indefinite dative singular of epill

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

epli n

(non-standard since 2012)

  1. definite plural of eple

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *apalją, *apluz (apple, fruit), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Old English æppel, Old Frisian appel, Old Saxon appel (Dutch appel), Old High German apful (German Apfel), Crimean Gothic apel. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish uball (Irish úll), Lithuanian obuolys, Proto-Slavic *ablъko (Russian я́блоко (jábloko)).

Noun

epli n

  1. apple

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: eple n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eple n
  • Swedish: äpple n

References

  • epli in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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