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abacas
abacas
Irish
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin abacus, abax, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇāq, “dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈabˠəkəsˠ]
Noun
abacas m (genitive singular abacais, nominative plural abacais)
- abacus (calculating frame)
Declension
Declension of abacas
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- fráma comhairimh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abacas | n-abacas | habacas | t-abacas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "abacas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Foclóir Eolaíochta