abbas

See also: Abbas

English

Noun

abbas

plural of abba

Anagrams

ababs, babas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.baːs/

Noun

abbās m (genitive abbātis); third declension

An abbot.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abbās	abbātēs
genitive	abbātis	abbātum
dative	abbātī	abbātibus
accusative	abbātem	abbātēs
ablative	abbāte	abbātibus
vocative	abbās	abbātēs

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: abat
French: abbé
Italian: abate
- Romanian: abate
- Russian: абба́т (abbát)
Middle High German: abbāt
- Dutch: abt
- German: Abt
Old English: abbat, abbod
- Middle English: abbot, abbod
  - English: abbot
Old Irish: ap
- Irish: ab
- Manx: abb
- Scottish Gaelic: aba
Old Polish: opat
- Hungarian apát
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀пат
- Slovak: opát
- Slovenian: opat
- Ukrainian: о́пат (ópat)
Old Portuguese: abade
- Galician: abade
- Portuguese: abade
Old Spanish: abad, abbad
- Spanish: abad
Welsh: abad

References

abbas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
abbas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
abbas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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