абака

See also: Абака

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbakɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Syllabification^(key): а‧ба‧ка
• Hyphenation^(key): аба‧ка

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaká.

Noun

аба́ка • (abáka) f (singular only)

1. abaca (plant)
2. Manila hemp (fiber)

   Synonym: мани́ла (maníla)

Declension

Declension of аба́ка

	singular
indefinite	аба́ка abáka
definite	аба́ката abákata

References

• “абака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

аба́ка • (abáka) m

1. inflection of аба́к (abák):
   1. definite objective singular
   2. count form

Anagrams

• кааба (kaaba)

Russian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board for drawing, calculating”).

Аба́ка (Abáka), in its culinary sense, originally referred to a perforated board for holding cups (compare cupboard, from cup + board).

Alternative forms

• аба́к (abák) (uppermost member of column)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbakə]

Noun

аба́ка • (abáka) f inan (genitive аба́ки, nominative plural аба́ки, genitive plural аба́к)

1. (architecture) abacus (uppermost member of the capital of a column)

   Synonyms: аба́к (abák), плита́ (plitá)

2. (cooking) abacus (cupboard for holding cups, bottles, etc.)

   Synonyms: буфе́т (bufét), шкаф (škaf)

Declension

Declension of аба́ка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	аба́ка abáka	аба́ки abáki
genitive	аба́ки abáki	аба́к abák
dative	аба́ке abáke	аба́кам abákam
accusative	аба́ку abáku	аба́ки abáki
instrumental	аба́кой, аба́кою abákoj, abákoju	аба́ками abákami
prepositional	аба́ке abáke	аба́ках abákax

Related terms

• абацист (abacist), абацисса (abacissa)

References

• Anikin, A. E. (2007), “абака”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 65

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “абака”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tagalog abaká. Compare Spanish abacá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbɐˈka]

Noun

абака́ • (abaká) f inan (genitive абаки́, uncountable)

1. abaca, Manila hemp

   Synonyms: манильская пенька́ (manilʹskaja penʹká), тексти́льный бана́н (tekstílʹnyj banán)

Declension

Declension of абака́ (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	абака́ abaká
genitive	абаки́ abakí
dative	абаке́ abaké
accusative	абаку́ abakú
instrumental	абако́й, абако́ю abakój, abakóju
prepositional	абаке́ abaké

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbakə]

Noun

аба́ка • (abáka) m inan

1. genitive singular of аба́к (abák)

Further reading

• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “абака”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbakɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

аба́ка • (abáka) f inan (genitive аба́ки, nominative plural аба́ки, genitive plural аба́к)

1. (architecture) abacus

Declension

Declension of аба́ка
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	аба́ка abáka	аба́ки abáky
genitive	аба́ки abáky	аба́к abák
dative	аба́ці abáci	аба́кам abákam
accusative	аба́ку abáku	аба́ки abáky
instrumental	аба́кою abákoju	аба́ками abákamy
locative	аба́ці abáci	аба́ках abákax
vocative	аба́ко abáko	аба́ки abáky

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “абака”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka