abes

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See also: Abes, abés, abès, and åbes

Basque

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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abes

  1. Short form of abestu (to sing).

Danish

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Noun

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abes c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of abe

Latin

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Verb

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abes

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

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French abaisser.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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abes

  1. Medial form of abese

Mirandese

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Noun

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abes

  1. plural of abe

Portuguese

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Verb

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abes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of abar

Sardinian

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Noun

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abes f pl

  1. plural of ape

Turkish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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abes

  1. useless, pointless
  2. unreasonable

References

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  • 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