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

Further reading

• “abak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Basque

Noun

abak

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

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

abak

1. sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

abak

1. sleeping mat

Hiligaynon

Verb

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

1. to follow in quick succession

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• abac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabək/ [ˈäː.bək]
• Hyphenation: a‧bak

Noun

ábak

1. morning

Derived terms

• abakan

See also

• bengi
• udtu
• gatpanapun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• obak, abac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbak/

Adverb

abak

1. backward, away
   • c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women/The Legend of Thisbe:

     Al blody, and therwith-al a-bak she sterte

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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

References

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

Polish

abak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abak
• Syllabification: a‧bak

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus. First attested in the 19th century. Doublet of abakus.

Noun

abak m inan

1. (arithmetic) abacus (device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.)

   Synonym: abakus

   Hypernym: liczydło

Declension

Declension of abak

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

Related terms

nouns

• abacysta

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

abak f

1. genitive plural of abaka

Further reading

• abak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• abak in PWN's encyclopedia
• abak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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
• “abak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Yogad

Noun

abák

1. sleeping mat