abrakadabra
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abracadabra.
Noun edit
abrakadabra
Declension edit
nominative | abrakadabra |
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genitive | abrakadabranıñ |
dative | abrakadabrağa |
accusative | abrakadabranı |
locative | abrakadabrada |
ablative | abrakadabradan |
References edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
abrakadabra
- abracadabra (said by someone doing magic or magical trick)
- Synonyms: simsalabim, čáry máry
Further reading edit
- abrakadabra in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abracadabra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abrakadabra
- abracadabra (complicated technical or other jargon)
Declension edit
Inflection of abrakadabra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | abrakadabra | abrakadabrat | ||
genitive | abrakadabran | abrakadabrojen | ||
partitive | abrakadabraa | abrakadabroja | ||
illative | abrakadabraan | abrakadabroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | abrakadabra | abrakadabrat | ||
accusative | nom. | abrakadabra | abrakadabrat | |
gen. | abrakadabran | |||
genitive | abrakadabran | abrakadabrojen abrakadabrainrare | ||
partitive | abrakadabraa | abrakadabroja | ||
inessive | abrakadabrassa | abrakadabroissa | ||
elative | abrakadabrasta | abrakadabroista | ||
illative | abrakadabraan | abrakadabroihin | ||
adessive | abrakadabralla | abrakadabroilla | ||
ablative | abrakadabralta | abrakadabroilta | ||
allative | abrakadabralle | abrakadabroille | ||
essive | abrakadabrana | abrakadabroina | ||
translative | abrakadabraksi | abrakadabroiksi | ||
abessive | abrakadabratta | abrakadabroitta | ||
instructive | — | abrakadabroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Interjection edit
abrakadabra
- abracadabra (used by performing magician to indicate the moment of performing a magical trick or illusion)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “abrakadabra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin abracadabra, a word used in magical writings, of uncertain origin, possibly from Thracian. Perhaps related to Abraxas (a Gnostic deity), and with various Aramaic or Hebrew terms, such as עברא כדברא (avra kedavra, literally “what was said has come to pass”), עַבְדָא כְּדַברָא (avda kedavara, literally “what was said has been done”); ארבע-אחד-ארבע (arba-eḥad-arba, literally “four-one-four”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abrakadabra n (definite singular abrakadabraet, indefinite plural abrakadabra, definite plural abrakadabraa or abrakadabraene)
- abracadabra (magic formula where the first line contains these letters)
- (colloquial) magic potion, patent solution
- 2009 September 6, Aftenposten, page 3:
- tviler … på at det finnes et abrakadabra for Midtøsten
- … doubts that there is an abracadabra for the Middle East
- abracadabra (mumbo-jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.)
- 1879, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Det ny System, page 156:
- her blev et abracadabra uden øren-lyd over al verden
- here became an abracadabra without ear-sound all over the world
- 2000, Arild Nyquist, Sølvfiskene, page 19:
- de snakker et kaudervelsk abrakadabra
- they speak an uninteligible abracadabra
Interjection edit
abrakadabra
- abracadabra (used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.)
- 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter II,5, page 340:
- abrakadabra! Styrt i støvet! Der kommer skyen tilbage af sig selv paa min kommando
- abracadabra! Steered in the dust! The cloud comes back by itself at my command
- Abrakadabra! Der lå den forsvunne hjerterkongen
- Abracadabra! There lay the missing King of Hearts
- Synonyms: simsalabim, hokus pokus
See also edit
References edit
- “abrakadabra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abrakadabra” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abrakadabra” in Store norske leksikon
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin abracadabra. First attested in 1560.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.bra.kaˈda.bra/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /a.bra.kaˈda.bra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -abra
- Syllabification: a‧bra‧ka‧da‧bra
Interjection edit
abrakadabra
- (occult) abracadabra! (said by performing magician to indicate the moment of performing a magical trick or illusion)
- Synonyms: czary-mary, bim sala bim, hokus-pokus
Noun edit
abrakadabra f
- abracadabra, mumbo jumbo (complicated technical or other jargon)
- (Middle Polish, occult) charm cast on amulets
- Hypernym: zaklęcie
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | abrakadabra | abrakadabry |
genitive | abrakadabry | abrakadabr |
dative | abrakadabrze | abrakadabrom |
accusative | abrakadabrę | abrakadabry |
instrumental | abrakadabrą | abrakadabrami |
locative | abrakadabrze | abrakadabrach |
vocative | abrakadabro | abrakadabry |
References edit
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “abrakadraba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading edit
- abrakadabra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- abrakadabra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (01.12.2012) “ABRAKADABRA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abrakadabra”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 3
- abrakadabra in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Swedish edit
Noun edit
abrakadabra n
Declension edit
Declension of abrakadabra | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | abrakadabra | abrakadabrat | — | — |
Genitive | abrakadabras | abrakadabrats | — | — |
Interjection edit
abrakadabra
- abracadabra
- Synonym: simsalabim
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abracadabra, from Late Latin abracadabra. See also Ancient Greek ἀβράξας (abráxas).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -abɾa
- Syllabification: a‧bra‧ka‧da‧bra
Noun edit
ábrakadábra or abrakadabra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜃᜇᜊ᜔ᜇ)
- abracadabra
- mumbo jumbo; nonsense (meaningless words)
Further reading edit
- “abrakadabra” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[4], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “abrakadabra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4