abbas

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See also: Abbas and ABBA:s

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abəz/
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Noun

abbas

  1. plural of abba

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin abbas (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾab- (“father”). Doublet of aba and abu.

Noun

abbas

  1. (Catholicism) abbot

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father or abbot”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abbās m (genitive abbātis, feminine abbātissa); third declension

  1. an abbot

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abbās abbātēs
Genitive abbātis abbātum
Dative abbātī abbātibus
Accusative abbātem abbātēs
Ablative abbāte abbātibus
Vocative abbās abbātēs

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Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Italian: abate (see there for further descendants)
    • Neapolitan: abbate
    • Sicilian: abbati
  • Padanian:
  • Old Occitan:
  • West Iberian
Borrowings

References

  • “abbas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abbas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • abbas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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