abellana

See also: Abellana

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• abellana

Etymology

Inherited from Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈʎana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧be‧lla‧na

Noun

abellana f

1. hazelnut

Derived terms

• abellaner

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of nux abellāna f (“Abellan nut”), from Abella (“Avella, an Italian city”) +‎ -ānus (“-an: forming related nouns and adjectives”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.belˈlaː.na/, [äbɛlˈlʲäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.belˈla.na/, [äbelˈläːnä]

Noun

abellāna f (genitive abellānae); first declension

1. filbert, hazelnut

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abellāna	abellānae
genitive	abellānae	abellānārum
dative	abellānae	abellānīs
accusative	abellānam	abellānās
ablative	abellānā	abellānīs
vocative	abellāna	abellānae

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: (< VL. *abellona)
  • Aromanian: alunã
  • Istro-Romanian: alurĕ
  • Megleno-Romanian: lună
  • Romanian: alună
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: vellana
  • Old Italian: avellana
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: velana
  • Romagnol: evolana, avläna, avolaina, avulana, avlena
  • Venetan: olana
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Franco-Provençal: auslane
    • Franco-Provençal: âlâgne
  • Middle French: avelaine
    • French: aveline
  • Norman: avelaine
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: avillana
  • Catalan: avellana
  • Old Occitan: aulana, avelana, aillana, velana
    • Auvergnat: aulanha
    • Gascon: averan, aulan, auran
    • Languedocien: avelana
    • Limousin: aulana (Bas-Limousin)
    • Provençal: avelana
    • Vivaro-Alpine: avelana, aulanha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: ablana
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: avelãa
    • Galician: abelá
    • Portuguese: avelã
  • Spanish: avellana, ablano

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.belˈlaː.naː/, [äbɛlˈlʲäːnäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.belˈla.na/, [äbelˈläːnä]

Noun

abellānā f

1. ablative singular of abellāna

References

• abellana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “abellana”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC