abra
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Spanish abra.[1] Doublet of haven.
Noun edit
abra (plural abras)
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).
Noun edit
abra (plural abras)
Translations edit
Dubai boat
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References edit
- ^ Robert Hendrickson, The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Attested since 1440. Borrowed from Old French havre, from Middle Dutch havene, from Proto-Germanic *habnō (“harvour, haven”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abra f (plural abras)
- creek, inlet, bay
- 1440, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 619:
- en todo o porto et abra desta dita uilla
- in the whole harbor and bay of said town
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “abra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “abra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “abra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
abra
- inflection of abrir:
Irish edit
Verb edit
abra
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abra | n-abra | habra | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Latin edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]
Noun edit
abra f (genitive abrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | abra | abrae |
Genitive | abrae | abrārum |
Dative | abrae | abrīs |
Accusative | abram | abrās |
Ablative | abrā | abrīs |
Vocative | abra | abrae |
Descendants edit
- → High Valyrian: ābra
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.braː/, [ˈäbräː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]
Noun edit
abrā f
References edit
- abra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- abra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -abɾɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧bra
Verb edit
abra
- inflection of abrir:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
abra f (plural abras)
- small bay, inlet
- (Latin America) glade, clearing
Usage notes edit
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el abra, un abra
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
abra
- inflection of abrir:
Further reading edit
- “abra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Preposition edit
abra
Verb edit
abra
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔabɾa/, [ˈʔa.bɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -abɾa
- Homophone: Abra
- Syllabification: a‧bra
Noun edit
abra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇ) (geography)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Turkish edit
Noun edit
(regional, dialectal) abra (definite accusative abrayı, plural abralar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | abra | |
Definite accusative | abrayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | abra | abralar |
Definite accusative | abrayı | abraları |
Dative | abraya | abralara |
Locative | abrada | abralarda |
Ablative | abradan | abralardan |
Genitive | abranın | abraların |
Further reading edit
- “abra”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu