ab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Abs

Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of abscess.

Etymology 3

Abbreviations, see definitions.

Etymology 4

From the spelling books and the fact that it was the first of the letter combinations.^[2]

References

• “ab” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• "ab" in Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 2002.
• “ab” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• -ba-, BA, ba

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آب‎ (āb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑb/

Noun

ab

1. water

References

• Otto Ladstätter, Andreas Tietze, Die Abdal (Äynu) in Xinjiang (1994)

Noun

ab

1. fish

References

• A. Schapper (citing Steinhauer), Elevation in the spatial deictic systems of Alor-Pantar languages, in The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
• ASJP, citing L. C. Robinson and G. Holton, Internal classification of the Alor-Pantar language family using computational methods applied to the lexicon (2012)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/
• (Before a voiced consonant or a vowel) IPA^(key): /ab/
• (Before a voiced consonant or a vowel in betacist dialects) IPA^(key): /aβ/

Preposition

ab

1. (archaic) Alternative form of amb

Etymology 1

From Latin ab (“of, from”).

Etymology 2

See abe (“to ape, mimic”).

Further reading

• “ab” in Den Danske Ordbog

Particle

ab

1. (Strehlen and Schömberg, Silesia) negative particle, do not

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare Mongolian авах (avah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abqʰə/, [aβqʰə]

Verb

ab

1. to take

   Ci ghudal kelese bu cini arasini xuulj' abqu.

   If you tell a lie I will skin you [take your skin].

Pronunciation

• (Germany) IPA^(key): /ap/, /ɑp/
• (Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian) IPA^(key): /ɑb̥/
• Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

From Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Etymology 2

From adverbial use of the preposition in verbs such as abschlagen, abgehen etc.

Related terms

• abseits

Preposition

ab

1. from

Etymology 1

From Latin abbas (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אַבָּא‎ (’abbā, “father”).

Etymology 2

Contraction of the relative particle a and the prevocalic variant of the past/conditional copula particle b’.

Mutation

Further reading

• "ab" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ab” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ab” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Noun

ab

1. fire

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (as ʌb)
• Bemal Organized Phonology Data (as ab)

Alternative forms

• ā (not used before a vowel or h)
• abs
• af (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of and after). See also po-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

• Audio (Ecclesiastical)

  (file)

Preposition

ab (+ ablative)

1. from, away from, out of
2. down from
3. at, on, in
4. (time) after, since
5. (source of action or event) by, of

References

• ab in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ab in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
    
  • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    
  • the Rhone[TR2] is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani: Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
    
  • to be far from town: longe, procul abesse ab urbe
    
  • to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
    
  • in the fifth year from the founding of the city: anno ab urbe condita quinto
    
  • to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
    
  • to trace one's descent from some one: originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
    
  • a native of England: ortus ab Anglis or oriundus ex Anglis
    
  • from one's entry into civil life: ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
    
  • to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
    
  • to start from small beginnings: ab exiguis initiis proficisci
    
  • the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)
    
  • to originate in, arise from: ab aliqua re proficisci
    
  • to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
    
  • to gain a person's esteem, friendship: gratiam inire ab aliquoor apud aliquem
    
  • to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    
  • to gain one's point with any one: aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
    
  • to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
    
  • to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
    
  • to draw away some one's attention from a thing: alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
    
  • to hold the same views: idem sentire (opp. dissentire ab aliquo)
    
  • to apply to a person for advice: consilium petere ab aliquo
    
  • to rescue from oblivion: aliquid ab oblivione vindicare
    
  • to be quite uncivilised: ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • to be educated by some one: litteras discere ab aliquo
    
  • to receive instruction from some one: institui or erudiri ab aliquo
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to disagree with a person: dissentire, dissidere ab or cum aliquo
    
  • to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    
  • to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
    
  • to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    
  • no sound passed his lips: nulla vox est ab eo audita
    
  • to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    
  • to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
    
  • to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word): vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
    
  • the word amicitia comes from amare: nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amando
    
  • to be separated by a deadly hatred: capitali odio dissidere ab aliquo (De Am. 1. 2)
    
  • to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
    
  • to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to protect any one from wrong: ab iniuria aliquem defendere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
    
  • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
  • the conversation began with..: sermo ortus est ab aliqua re
    
  • something has been left as a legacy by some one: hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo
    
  • I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
    
  • to lend, borrow money at interest: pecuniam fenori (fenore) alicui dare, accipere ab aliquo
    
  • to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
    
  • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem alicuius rei reposcere aliquem or ab aliquo
    
  • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem ab aliquo reptere de aliqua re (Cluent. 37. 104)
    
  • to gain some one's favour: gratiam inire apud aliquem, ab aliquo (cf. sect. V. 12)
    
  • to be on a person's side (not ab alicuius partibus): ab (cum) aliquo stare (Brut. 79. 273)
    
  • to hold different views in politics: ab aliquo in re publica dissentire
    
  • to deliver some one from slavery: ab aliquo servitutem or servitutis iugum depellere
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to lay down arms: ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
    
  • to demand satisfaction, restitution: res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
    
  • to gain a victory over the enemy: victoriam reportare ab hoste
    
  • putting aside, except: cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
    
• Latin Dictionary, Lewis and Short, 1879.
• Lingua Latina, Hans H. Ørberg, 2005.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑb/

Noun

a'b

1. (anatomy) shoulder
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     pǟ um abūd vaisõ sizzõl viedtõd

     recoiled, flinched (lit. "head is drawn in shoulders")

Alternative forms

• aband, abann

Etymology

From Old Irish aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū.

Noun

ab f (genitive aba)

1. river

Mutation

Alternative forms

• amb
• dab (Gascon)
• damb (Gascon, Aranese)
• ambé (Provençal)
• embé (Provençal, Niçard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈab]

Preposition

ab

1. (Guardiol) with

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin apud.

Preposition

ab

1. (10th century) with

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ab.

Preposition

ab

1. of

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin apud

Preposition

ab

1. with
   • circa 1000, unknown, Lo Poèma de Boecis:

     Non comprarias ab mil liuras d’argent.

Etymology

Compare German ab, Dutch af, English off.

Preposition

ab

1. off
2. from
3. away

Noun

ab

1. father

Noun

ab m (plural ab)

1. river

Noun

ab m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)

1. Alternative form of aba

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آب‎ (āb, “water”), from Persian آب‎ (āb).

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish عاب‎ (ˁāb), from Arabic عَاب‎ (ʿāb).

Declension

Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”).

Conjunction

ab

1. but

Article

ab

1. a/an (singular indefinite article)