abacas

English

Noun

abacas

1. plural of abaca

Anagrams

• cabasa, casaba

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

abacas m

1. plural of abaca

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

1. abacus (calculating frame)

   Synonym: fráma comhairimh

Declension

Declension of abacas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abacas abacais vocative a abacais a abacasa genitive abacais abacas dative abacas abacais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-abacas na habacais genitive an abacais na n-abacas dative leis an abacas don abacas leis na habacais

Mutation

Mutated forms of abacas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abacas	n-abacas	habacas	t-abacas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abacas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Foclóir Eolaíochta
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abacas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abacas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024