abt
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abt
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abt (not comparable)
- (academics) all but thesis: A description of the status of a masters, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.
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abt
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of about.
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From Middle Dutch abbet, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Noun edit
abt m (plural abten, diminutive abtje n, feminine abdis)
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- Afrikaans: ab
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abt (genitive abti, partitive abti)
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Declension of abt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | abt | abtid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | abti | ||
genitive | abtide | ||
partitive | abti | abte abtisid | |
illative | abti abtisse |
abtidesse abtesse | |
inessive | abtis | abtides abtes | |
elative | abtist | abtidest abtest | |
allative | abtile | abtidele abtele | |
adessive | abtil | abtidel abtel | |
ablative | abtilt | abtidelt abtelt | |
translative | abtiks | abtideks abteks | |
terminative | abtini | abtideni | |
essive | abtina | abtidena | |
abessive | abtita | abtideta | |
comitative | abtiga | abtidega |
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abt m (dual abtejn, plural abtijiet)
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Inflected forms | |||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
m | f | ||
1st person | abti | abtna | |
2nd person | abtek | abtkom | |
3rd person | abtu | abtha | abthom |
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Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Noun edit
abt c (plural abten)
Alternative forms edit
- abbet (formal)
Further reading edit
- “abt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011