abacas

English

Noun

abacas

1. plural of abaca

Anagrams

• cabasa, casaba

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

abacas m

1. plural of abaca

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇāq, “dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabˠəkəsˠ]

Noun

abacas m (genitive singular abacais, nominative plural abacais)

1. abacus (calculating frame)

   Synonym: fráma comhairimh

Declension

Declension of abacas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative abacas abacais Vocative a abacais a abacasa Genitive abacais abacas Dative abacas abacais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-abacas na habacais Genitive an abacais na n-abacas Dative leis an abacas don abacas leis na habacais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abacas	n-abacas	habacas	t-abacas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abacas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Foclóir Eolaíochta
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abacas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abacas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024