abak
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Latin abacus, Italian abaco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abak m (plural abakë, definite abaku, definite plural abakët)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “abak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
Basque edit
Noun edit
abak
- absolutive plural of aba
- ergative indefinite of aba
- ergative singular of aba
Central Cagayan Agta edit
Noun edit
abak
- sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)
Dupaningan Agta edit
Noun edit
abak
Hiligaynon edit
Verb edit
ábak (diminutive abák-abák, frequentative abák-abák)
- to follow in quick succession
Kapampangan edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ábak
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- + bak.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
abak
- backward, away
- c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women/The Legend of Thisbe:
- Al blody, and therwith-al a-bak she sterte
Descendants edit
References edit
- “abak, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”).[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2]
Noun edit
abak m inan
Declension edit
Declension of abak
Related terms edit
noun
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
abak f
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abak”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900–1927), “abak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àbak m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бак)
Declension edit
Declension of abak
Further reading edit
- “abak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ȃbak m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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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 edit
- “abak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “abak”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Yogad edit
Noun edit
abák