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English
Adverb
abit (not comparable)
- (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of a bit.
Usage notes
This spelling of "a bit" is frequent in informal writing but not generally accepted by arbiters of English usage.
See also
Finnish
Noun
abit
- nominative plural of abi
Latin
Verb
abit
- third-person singular present active indicative of abeō
Middle English
Verb
abit
- third-person singular simple present indicative of abide
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC;
Charles Cowden Clarke, editor,
The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. , 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co.; Dublin: W. Robertson,
1860,
→OCLC,
page 163, line
1175:
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitus.
Noun
abit oblique singular, m (oblique plural abiz or abitz, nominative singular abiz or abitz, nominative plural abit)
- item of clothing
Descendants
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
a' (“ah,aye”) + bit (“but”)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
abit
- ah, but
- aye, but
References