abes

See also: Abes, abés, abès, and åbes

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abes̺/ [a.β̞es̺]
• Rhymes: -abes̺
• Hyphenation: a‧bes

Verb

abes

1. Short form of abestu (“to sing”).

Danish

Noun

abes c

1. indefinite genitive singular of abe

Latin

Verb

abes

1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of absum

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French abaisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abese/

Verb

abes

1. Medial form of abese

Mirandese

Noun

abes

1. plural of abe

Sardinian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβes/

Noun

abes f pl

1. plural of ape

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عبث‎, from Arabic عَبَث‎ (ʕabaṯ).

Adjective

abes

1. useless, pointless
2. unreasonable

References

• abes in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عبث”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1281