abbast
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb abba + -st (“a suffix which turns verbs into middle voice verbs”). See also the appendix about the Icelandic middle voice verbs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
abbast (reflexive verb)
- to mess, to mess with, to diss
- Ekki abbast upp á mig.
- Don't mess with me.
- (dated) to be angry, to quarrel
Usage notes[edit]
- This phrase is almost always used in the phrase abbast upp á, instead of on its own.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “abbast” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- abbast in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.