abak

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Albanian

Etymology

Compare Latin abacus, Italian abaco.

Pronunciation

Noun

abak m (plural abakë, definite abaku, definite plural abakët)

  1. abacus

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “abak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

Basque

Noun

abak

  1. absolutive plural of aba
  2. ergative indefinite of aba
  3. ergative singular of aba

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

abak

  1. sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

abak

  1. sleeping mat

Hiligaynon

Verb

ábak (diminutive abák-abák, frequentative abák-abák)

  1. to follow in quick succession

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ábak

  1. morning

Derived terms

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- +‎ bak.

Pronunciation

Adverb

abak

  1. backward, away

Descendants

  • English: aback
  • Scots: aback, a-back

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.bak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -abak
  • Syllabification: a‧bak

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”). First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

abak m inan

  1. abacus (counting frame)
    Synonym: abakus
Declension
Declension of abak
singular plural
nominative abak abaki
genitive abaku abaków
dative abakowi abakom
accusative abak abaki
instrumental abakiem abakami
locative abaku abakach
vocative abaku abaki
Related terms
noun

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

abak f

  1. genitive plural of abaka

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abak”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900–1927), “abak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw

Further reading

  • abak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • abak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • abak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎbak/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bak

Noun

àbak m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бак)

  1. abacus

Declension

Declension of abak
singular plural
nominative abak abaci
genitive abaka abaka
dative abaku abacima
accusative abak abake
vocative abače abaci
locative abaku abacima
instrumental abakom abacima

Further reading

  • “abak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

ȃbak m inan

  1. abacus

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ábak
gen. sing. ábaka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ábak ábaka ábaki
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ábaka ábakov ábakov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ábaku ábakoma ábakom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ábak ábaka ábake
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ábaku ábakih ábakih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ábakom ábakoma ábaki

Further reading

  • “abak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “abak”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Yogad

Noun

abák

  1. sleeping mat
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