полба

Russian

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes dubiously derived from a Proto-Slavic *pъlba and considered an isogloss with Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (spelt), Latin puls (porridge of spelt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpoɫbə]

Noun

по́лба • (pólba) f inan (genitive по́лбы, nominative plural по́лбы, genitive plural полб)

  1. spelt (Triticum spelta)

Declension

Further reading

  • Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян (in Russian), Moscow: Наука, published 2003, →ISBN, page 239,
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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