abakus
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”) (compare Late Latin abacus (“art of arithmetic”)), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abakus m inan
- abacus (a calculating table or frame)
- Synonym: počitadlo
- abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
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Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English abacus), ultimately from Latin abacus.
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Noun edit
abakus
- (mathematics, rare) abacus (a calculating frame)
- Synonyms: helmitaulu, laskulauta, laskutaulu
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
- Synonym: katelaatta
Declension edit
| Inflection of abakus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | abakus | abakukset | ||
| genitive | abakuksen | abakusten abakuksien | ||
| partitive | abakusta | abakuksia | ||
| illative | abakukseen | abakuksiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | abakus | abakukset | ||
| accusative | nom. | abakus | abakukset | |
| gen. | abakuksen | |||
| genitive | abakuksen | abakusten abakuksien | ||
| partitive | abakusta | abakuksia | ||
| inessive | abakuksessa | abakuksissa | ||
| elative | abakuksesta | abakuksista | ||
| illative | abakukseen | abakuksiin | ||
| adessive | abakuksella | abakuksilla | ||
| ablative | abakukselta | abakuksilta | ||
| allative | abakukselle | abakuksille | ||
| essive | abakuksena | abakuksina | ||
| translative | abakukseksi | abakuksiksi | ||
| abessive | abakuksetta | abakuksitta | ||
| instructive | — | abakuksin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
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Noun edit
abakus (first-person possessive abakusku, second-person possessive abakusmu, third-person possessive abakusnya)
- abacus:
- calculating frame
- Synonyms: dekak-dekak, swipoa
- Synonym: sempoa (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
- (architecture) the uppermost portion of the capital of a column. [from 1970s]
- calculating frame
Proper noun edit
abakus
Further reading edit
- “abakus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian edit
Noun edit
abakus m
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /abakos/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /abakʊs/
- Rhymes: -akos, -kos, -os
Noun edit
abakus (Jawi spelling اباکوس)
- abacus (calculating frame)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”), possibly from a Semitic source, such as Phoenician -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 (-ʾbʾq) or Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
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Noun edit
abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakuser, definite plural abakusene)
- (mathematics) abacus (an instrument used for performing arithmetical calculations, with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units)
- 2011 March 11, Aftenposten, page 8:
- en abakus, eller kuleramme, er en tidlig forløper til dagens kalkulator. Den første ble utviklet i Mesopotamia over 2000 år f. Kr.
- An abacus, or abacus, is an early precursor to today's calculator. The first was developed in Mesopotamia over 2000 BC.
- Abakus er nok en fortsettelse av tidligere tiders fingertelling eller daktylonomi
- Abacus is another continuation of the finger counting or dactylonomy of earlier times
- Synonym: kuleramme
- (architecture, art) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave)
- 1902, Lorentz Dietrichson, Omrids af den kirkelige Kunstarkæologi, page 34:
- den korinthiske [søyle], hvis abacus, bøiet og med afskaarne hjørner, bar en liden roset paa hver sides midte
- the Corinthian [pillar], whose abacus, bent and with truncated corners, bore a small rosette in the middle of each side
- Abakus er den øvre, plateformete delen av kapitélet på en søyle, som benyttes som opplagringspunkt for bjelker.
- The abacus is the upper, plate-shaped part of the capital of a pillar, which is used as a storage point for beams.
Derived terms edit
- abasist (“abacist”)
References edit
- “abakus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abakus” in Store norske leksikon
- “abakus (matematikk)” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakusar, definite plural abakusane)
- abacus (a counting frame)
- Synonym: kuleramme
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
References edit
- See Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia (links above)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin abacus,[1] from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abakus m inan
- abacus (a counting frame)
- Synonym: abak
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
- spoczywać na abakusie ― to rest on an abacus
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abakus”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading edit
- abakus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- abakus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[1]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 1
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àbakus m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)
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Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abakus m inan (genitive singular abakusu, nominative plural abakusy, genitive plural abakusov, declension pattern of dub)
- abacus (a calculating table or frame)
- Synonym: počítadlo
- abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
Declension edit
References edit
- “abakus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Noun edit
abakus c
- abacus (a table or frame used for calculating)
- abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)
Declension edit
| Declension of abakus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | abakus | abakusen | abakusar | abakusarna |
| Genitive | abakus | abakusens | abakusars | abakusarnas |
Further reading edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English abacus, from Latin abacus. Doublet of abako.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔabakus/, [ˈʔa.bɐ.xʊs]
- Rhymes: -abakus
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧kus
Noun edit
ábakús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜓᜐ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “abakus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zazaki edit
Etymology edit
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abakus m