abak

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Latin abacus, Italian abaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbak]

Noun

abak m (plural abakë, definite abaku, definite plural abakët)

1. abacus

Synonyms

• numratore

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Basque

Noun

abak

1. absolutive plural of aba
2. ergative indefinite of aba
3. ergative singular of aba

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Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

abak

1. sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

abak

1. sleeping mat

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Hiligaynon

Verb

ábak (diminutive abák-abák, frequentative abák-abák)

1. to follow in quick succession

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Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• abac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabək/ [ˈäː.bək]

Noun

ábak

1. morning

Derived terms

• abakan

See also

• bengi
• udtu
• gatpanapun

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• obak, abac

Etymology

From Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- +‎ bak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbak/

Adverb

abak

1. backward, away

Descendants

• English: aback
• Scots: aback, a-back

References

• “abak, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bak/

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• Rhymes: -abak
• Syllabification: a‧bak

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus. First attested in 1900

Noun

abak m inan

1. abacus (a counting frame)

   Synonym: abakus

   poczynając od abaka ― to begin with an abacus

Declension

Declension of abak

	singular	plural
nominative	abak	abaki
genitive	abaku	abaków
dative	abakowi	abakom
accusative	abak	abaki
instrumental	abakiem	abakami
locative	abaku	abakach
vocative	abaku	abaki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

abak f

1. genitive plural of abaka

References

• Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎^[1], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• abak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àbakus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎbak/
• Hyphenation: a‧bak

Noun

àbak m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бак)

1. abacus

Declension

Declension of abak

	singular	plural
nominative	abak	abaci
genitive	abaka	abaka
dative	abaku	abacima
accusative	abak	abake
vocative	abače	abaci
locative	abaku	abacima
instrumental	abakom	abacima

Further reading

• “abak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːbak/

Noun

ȃbak m inan

1. abacus

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ábak
gen. sing.	ábaka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ábak	ábaka	ábaki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ábaka	ábakov	ábakov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ábaku	ábakoma	ábakom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ábak	ábaka	ábake
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ábaku	ábakih	ábakih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ábakom	ábakoma	ábaki

Further reading

• “abak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Yogad

Noun

abák

1. sleeping mat