apis
apis
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apis | apisler |
| genitive | apisniñ | apislerniñ |
| dative | apiske | apislerge |
| accusative | apisni | apislerni |
| locative | apiste | apislerde |
| ablative | apisten | apislerden |
Uncertain.[1] Any connection withProto-Indo-European*bʰey-, which gave insteadfūcus(“drone”), is phonetically impossible. Traditionally hypothesized as fromProto-Indo-European*e/a(m)p-i-(“stinging insect; bee”), related toGermanImme(“bee; swarm of bees”),Old Englishimbe andAncient Greekἐμπίς(empís,“a stinging or biting insect”). However, it has characteristics of a Europeansubstrate word.
According toVennemann’sAtlantic substrate theory, the ultimate source may be aSemitic word cognate withEgyptianꜥfj(“bee”), though no attested Semitic cognates survive. De Vaan finds this plausible.[1] Another hypothesis suggests anOsco-Umbrian loan from an original*akuis(“sharp, stinging”), as the Osco-Umbrian reflex ofProto-Indo-European labiovelar */kʷ/ that gives Latin ⟨qu⟩ is regularly/p/; compareaqui-(“sharp”) inaquifolius,aquilinus.(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)
apis f (genitiveapis);third declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apis | apēs |
| genitive | apis | apum apium |
| dative | apī | apibus |
| accusative | apem | apēs apīs |
| ablative | ape | apibus |
| vocative | apis | apēs |
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