Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablъka

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

*àblъka

Etymology

Originally the plural of *ablъko.

Noun

*àblъka f

1. (South Slavic) apple

Inflection

Declension of *àblъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àblъka	*àblъcě	*àblъky
genitive	*àblъky	*àblъku	*àblъkъ
dative	*àblъcě	*àblъkama	*àblъkamъ
accusative	*àblъkǫ	*àblъcě	*àblъky
instrumental	*àblъkojǫ, *àblъkǭ**	*àblъkama	*àblъkamī
locative	*àblъcě	*àblъku	*àblъkasъ, *àblъkaxъ*
vocative	*àblъko	*àblъcě	*àblъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Related terms

nouns

• *ablo n (“apple”)
• *ablonica f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *ablonь f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
• *ablušьko n (diminutive)
• *ablъ m (“apple”)
• *ablъkъ m (“apple”)
• *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *abolnъ m (“some tree”)

 

adjectives

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

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́бълка (jábǎlka), а́бълка (ábǎlka); бъ́лка (bǎ́lka), йа́бока (jáboka), йа́бука (jábuka) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јаболка (jabolka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̏бука

    Latin script: jȁbuka

  • Slovene: jábolka (tonal orthography)