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English
Noun
abacas
- plural of abaca
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
abacas m
- plural of abaca
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇāq, “dust”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abacas m (genitive singular abacais, nominative plural abacais)
- abacus (calculating frame)
- Synonym: fráma comhairimh
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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abacas
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n-abacas
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habacas
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t-abacas
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abacas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Foclóir Eolaíochta
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abacas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abacas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024