abak

Compare Latin abacus, Italian abaco.

• IPA^(key): [aˈbak]

abak m (plural abakë, definite abaku, definite plural abakët)

1. abacus

• numratore

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

abak

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

abak

1. sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)

abak

1. sleeping mat

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

1. to follow in quick succession

• IPA^(key): /a.baəʔ/

abak

1. fragments

• abac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

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

ábak

1. morning

• abakan

• bengi
• udtu
• gatpanapun

• obak, abac

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈbak/

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)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bak/

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• Rhymes: -abak
• Syllabification: a‧bak

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus.^[1] First attested in the 19th century.^[2] Doublet of abakus.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abak f

1. genitive plural of abaka

• 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

• àbakus

• IPA^(key): /ǎbak/
• Hyphenation: a‧bak

àbak m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀бак)

1. abacus

• “abak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /áːbak/

ȃbak m inan

1. abacus

• “abak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “abak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

abák

1. sleeping mat