Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablonь

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

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

àblonь f

1. (botany) Alternative form of *àbolnь (“apple tree”)

Declension

Declension of *àblonь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àblonь	*àbloni	*àbloni
genitive	*àblonī	*àblonьju, *àbloňu*	*àblonьjь, *àblonī*
dative	*àbloni	*àblonьma	*àblonьmъ
accusative	*àblonь	*àbloni	*àbloni
instrumental	*àblonьjǫ, *àbloňǭ*	*àblonьma	*àblonьmī
locative	*àblonī	*àblonьju, *àbloňu*	*àblonьxъ
vocative	*abloni	*àbloni	*àbloni

^* 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

• *ablonica f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)

 

adjectives

• *ablonevъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьjь (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonovъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)

 

Related terms

nouns

• *ablo n (“apple”)
• *ablušьko n (diminutive)
• *ablъ m (“apple”)
• *ablъka f (“apple”)
• *ablъko n (“apple”)
• *ablъkъ m (“apple”)
• *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *abolnъ m (“some tree”)

 

adjectives

• *ablъčьnъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *ablъkovъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *abolnovъ (“pertaining to some tree”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗблонь (jablonĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́блонь (jáblonʹ), ꙗ́блунь (jáblunʹ), ꙗ́блынь (jáblynʹ), ꙗ́блунъ (jáblun)
      • Ukrainian: я́блунь (jáblunʹ); я́блонь (jáblonʹ), я́блінь (jáblinʹ), я́блун (jáblun) (dialectal)
    • Russian: я́блонь (jáblonʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jablon
    • Czech: jabloň
  • Polabian: joblün
  • Old Polish: jabłoń, jebłoń
    • Polish: jabłoń, jabłeń (dialectal)
  • Slovak: jabloň
  • Slovincian: jablón
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jabłoń
    • Upper Sorbian: jabłoń

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