абак

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Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, table, counting deck).

Pronunciation

Noun

аба́к (abákm inan (genitive аба́ка, nominative plural аба́кі)

  1. (architecture) abacus

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Synonyms

Further reading

  • абак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

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Noun

аба́к (abákm

  1. (architecture) abacus

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اباك
Cyrillic абак
Latin abak
Yañalif aʙak
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аба́к (abák), from French abaque, from Latin abacus; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, board covered with sand).

Pronunciation

Noun

абак (abak)

  1. abacus

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Synonyms

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed through French abaque. See абака (abaka).

Alternative forms

Noun

аба́к (abákm inan (genitive аба́ка, nominative plural аба́ки, genitive plural аба́ков)

  1. abacus (board for doing calculations)
    Synonyms: счёты (sčóty), счётная доска́ (sčótnaja doská)
  2. abacus (uppermost member of a column)
    Synonyms: аба́ка (abáka), плита́ (plitá)
Declension
Descendants
  • Georgian: აბაკი (abaḳi)
  • Kazakh: абак (abak)
Further reading
  • абак in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

Noun

аба́к (abákf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of аба́ка (abáka)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎbak/
  • Hyphenation: а‧бак

Noun

а̀бак m (Latin spelling àbak)

  1. abacus

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

аба́к (abákm inan (genitive аба́ка, nominative plural аба́ки, genitive plural аба́ків)

  1. (architecture) abacus

Declension

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