ꙗблоко

Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́блоко (1)

Alternative forms

  • ꙗ́блуко, ꙗ́блыко, ꙗ́блеко
  • ꙗ́бълоко, ѧ́блоко, ꙗ́блъко, ꙗ́блко, ꙗ́блуко, а́блуко, ꙗ́блыко, ѧ́блыко, ѧ́блеко

Etymology

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

ꙗ́блоко (transliteration needed) n 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)

Descendants

  • Rusyn: я́блоко (jábloko), я́бко (jábko)
  • Ukrainian: я́блуко (jábluko); я́блоко (jábloko), а́бко (ábko), я́блеко (jábleko) (dialectal)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), *ablъko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 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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