abes

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See also: Abes, abés, abès, and åbes

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

abes

  1. Short form of abestu (“to sing”).

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

abes c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of abe

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

abes

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

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French abaisser.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

abes

  1. Medial form of abese

Mirandese[edit]

Noun[edit]

abes

  1. plural of abe

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

abes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of abar

Sardinian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abes f pl

  1. plural of ape

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

abes

  1. useless, pointless
  2. unreasonable

References[edit]

  • “abes”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عبث”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1281
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