ābele

See also: abele, Abele, ābelē, and Ābele

Latvian

Ābele

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 obelìs, Old Prussian wobelne, Proto-Slavic *ablonь, *abolnь (Ukrainian я́блінь (jáblinʹ), Russian я́блоня (jáblonja), Belarusian я́бланя (jáblanja), Bulgarian ябла́н (jablán), абла́н (ablán), Czech jabloň, Polish jabłoń).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âːbɛle]

Noun

ābele f (5th declension)

1. apple tree (gen. Malus)

   stādīt, kopt ābeles ― to plant, to cultivate apple trees

   ābele ziedos ― apple tree in flower

   ābele pilna ar āboliem ― apple tree full of apples

   ābeļu sugas ― apple tree species

   galva balta kā ābele ― head as white as an apple tree(= gray hair)

Declension

Declension of ābele (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ābele	ābeles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ābeli	ābeles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ābeles	ābeļu
dative (datīvs)	ābelei	ābelēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ābeli	ābelēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ābelē	ābelēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	ābele	ābeles

Related terms

• ābols