abat

Borrowed from Italian abate.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbat/
• Rhymes: -at

abat m (plural abatë)

1. abbot (superior of an abbey)
2. An ecclesiastical title close to that of a bishop.
3. Catholic priest

   Hypernym: prift

• Jungg, G. (1895) “abat”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “abat”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1
• Çabej, E. (1976) Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes II: A–B, Tirana
• “abat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1
• Newmark, L. (1999) “abat”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
• O. Buchholz, W. Fiedler, et al. (2000) “abat”, in Langenscheidts Handwörterbuch Albanisch (in German), 1 edition, →ISBN, page 27
• “abat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

• abatu

From Late Latin abbattō, from Latin battō. Compare Romanian abat, abate.

abat first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative abati or abate, past participle abãtutã)

1. to make space, distance oneself
2. to divert, deviate

• abatiri/abatire
• abãtut
• bat

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• Rhymes: -at

Inherited from Latin abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot
2. rector

   Synonym: rector

3. a type of sausage made using the stomach of a pig as the casing, and stuffed with minced meat

abat

1. inflection of abatre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “abat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Hyphenation: a‧bat

abat

1. (folklore) a vampirelike creature or monster

abat

1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
2. (of an abat) to hunt or attack prey

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abat.

• abta, atab, baat, bata

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

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abat

1. third-person singular present indicative of abattre

abat m (plural abats)

1. giblet

• “abat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from Bengali আবাদ (abad). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

abat

1. cultivation

abat (diminutive abát-ábat, causative paábat, frequentative abát-ábat)

1. to follow after

abat

1. to accost
2. to ambush

From French abattre.

IPA^(key): /a.ba.twa/

abat

1. To discourage
2. To depress

• Klingler, T. A., & Valdman, A. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana Univ. Press.

From Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

abat m

1. a downpour of rain

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 39.

From Old Occitan, from Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

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abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot

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abat

1. inflection of abate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟban ~ *ɟbaan (“skirt; girdle”).

abat

1. cloth, dress, garment

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: a‧bat

abát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜆ᜔)

1. ambush; snare; waylaying

• IPA^(key): /aːbat/
• Hyphenation: a‧bat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آباد (abad, “future eternities”), from Arabic آبَاد (ʔābād).

abat (definite accusative abadı, uncountable)

1. (obsolete) plural of ebet.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آباد (abad, “prosperous, in good condition, not in ruins, not deserted and neglected”), from Persian آباد (âbâd, “inhabitable, inhabited, populous, cultivated”).

abat

1. (archaic) Developed, flourishing, cultivated.

   Synonyms: bayındır, bakımlı, mamur, elverişli, ongun

2. (archaic) Comfortable, prosperous.

   Synonyms: müreffeh, ongun, muvaffakiyetli

• “abat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu