ābols

See also: Ābols

Latvian
Āboļi

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 obuolỹs, Proto-Slavic *ablъko (Old Church Slavonic аблъко (ablŭko), Russian яблоко (jábloko)), Proto-Celtic *abalom (Old Irish uball, Irish úll, Scottish Gaelic ubhal), Proto-Germanic *aplaz (English apple, German Apfel, Dutch appel, Swedish äpple).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [âːbuols]
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Noun

ābols m (1st declension)

  1. apple fruit
    salds, skābs, sulīgs ābols ― sweet, sour, juicy apple
    ābolu sula, vīns, ievārījums ― apple juice, wine, jam
    ābola serde, sēklas, miza ― apple core, seeds, skin
    sārts, vesels kā ābols ― rosy, healthy as an apple
    žāvēti āboli ― dried apples

Declension
Declension of ābols (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ābols āboli
accusative (akuzatīvs) ābolu ābolus
genitive (ģenitīvs) ābola ābolu
dative (datīvs) ābolam āboliem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ābolu āboliem
locative (lokatīvs) ābolā ābolos
vocative (vokatīvs) ābols āboli

Derived terms

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