abra

See also: Abra and ábra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbɹə/, /ˈɑːbɹə/

Etymology 1

From Spanish abra.

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

Translations

narrow pass

• Finnish: sola (fi), rotko (fi), kuru (fi)
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Etymology 2

From Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʿabra).

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

Translations

Dubai boat

• Finnish: abra
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• Abra at the Phrontistery

Anagrams

• Abar, Arab, Baar, arba, bara

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1440. Borrowed from Old French havre, from Middle Dutch havene, from Proto-Germanic *habnō (“harvour, haven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβɾa̝/

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. inlet, bay
   • 1440, Miguel González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 619:

     en todo o porto et abra desta dita uilla

     in the whole harbor and bay of said town

Derived terms

• Abrela

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “abra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Verb

abra

1. (archaic, Munster) present subjunctive analytic of abair

   Synonym: (standard) deire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abra	n-abra	habra	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• abra: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäbrä]
• abra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]
• abrā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.braː/, [ˈäbräː]
• abrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]

Noun

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

2. vocative singular of abra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abra	abrae
Genitive	abrae	abrārum
Dative	abrae	abrīs
Accusative	abram	abrās
Ablative	abrā	abrīs
Vocative	abra	abrae

Noun

(deprecated template usage) abrā

1. ablative singular of abra

References

• abra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Verb

abra

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾa/ [ˈa.β̞ɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French havre.

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. small bay, inlet
2. (Latin America) glade, clearing

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el abra, un abra

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abra

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abrir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of abrir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of abrir.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English over.

Preposition

abra

1. over