abes

See also: Abes, abés, abès, and åbes

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Verb

abes

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

Danish

Noun

abes c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of abe

Latin

Verb

abes

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French abaisser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abese/

Verb

abes

  1. Medial form of abese

Mirandese

Noun

abes

  1. plural of abe

Portuguese

Verb

abes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of abar

Sardinian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaβes/

Noun

abes f pl

  1. plural of ape

Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

abes

  1. useless, pointless
  2. unreasonable

References

  • “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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