Old Ruthenian edit

 
ꙗ́блоко (1)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗ́блоко (jábloko), ꙗ́блъко (jáblŭko), from а́блъко (áblŭko), from Proto-Slavic *àblъko, from *àblo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbla, from *āˀbōl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.[1][2]

Noun edit

ꙗблоко (jablokon inan

  1. apple
  2. the fruit of some plants (e.g. pomegranate)
  3. round object, sphere, ball
  4. globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)

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References edit

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablъko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “я́блуко”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 529

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