ābols

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 obuolỹs, Proto-Slavic *ablъko (Old Church Slavonic аблъко (ablŭko), Russian я́блоко (jábloko)), Proto-Celtic *abūl (Old Irish ubull, Irish úll, Scottish Gaelic ubhal), Proto-Germanic *aplaz (English apple, German Apfel, Dutch appel, Swedish äpple).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̂ːbuo̯ɫs]

ābols m (1st declension)

1. apple fruit

   salds, skābs, sulīgs ābols ― sweet, sour, juicy apple

   ābolu sula, vīns, ievārījums ― apple juice, wine, jam

   ābola serde, sēklas, miza ― apple core, seeds, skin

   sārts, vesels kā ābols ― rosy, healthy as an apple

   žāvēti āboli ― dried apples

• acs ābols

• ābele