abadia

See also: abadía and abadiá

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish abadía (“abbey”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /abadia/ [a.β̞a.ð̞i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧di‧a

Noun

abadia inan

1. abbey

   Synonym: abade-etxe

Declension

Declension of abadia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abadia	abadia	abadiak
ergative	abadiak	abadiak	abadiek
dative	abadiari	abadiari	abadiei
genitive	abadiaren	abadiaren	abadien
comitative	abadiarekin	abadiarekin	abadiekin
causative	abadiarengatik	abadiarengatik	abadiengatik
benefactive	abadiarentzat	abadiarentzat	abadientzat
instrumental	abadiaz	abadiaz	abadiez
inessive	abadiatan	abadian	abadietan
locative	abadiatako	abadiako	abadietako
allative	abadiatara	abadiara	abadietara
terminative	abadiataraino	abadiaraino	abadietaraino
directive	abadiatarantz	abadiarantz	abadietarantz
destinative	abadiatarako	abadiarako	abadietarako
ablative	abadiatatik	abadiatik	abadietatik
partitive	abadiarik	—	—
prolative	abadiatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “abadia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abadia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin abbātia. Compare Occitan abadia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈði.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈði.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.baˈði.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

abadia f (plural abadies)

1. abbey
2. abbacy
3. rectory

   Synonym: rectoria

Usage notes

• While the English terms abbey and abbacy usually refer only to religious communities headed by an abbot, in Catalan, abadia is equally applicable to religious communities headed by an abbess.

Related terms

• abacial (“abbatial”, adjective)
• abadessa (“abbess”)
• abat (“abbot”)

Further reading

• “abadia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abadia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish abadía.

Noun

abadíya

1. abbey

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈdi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dì‧a

Noun

abadia f (plural abadie)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of abbazia

Further reading

• abadia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia (“abbey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈdi.a/

Noun

abadia f (plural abadias)

1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)

Related terms

• abade
• abadessa

Descendants

• Galician: abadía
• Portuguese: abadia

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French abaie.

Noun

abadia f (oblique plural abadias, nominative singular abadia, nominative plural abadias)

1. abbey

Descendants

• Occitan: abadiá

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “abbatia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 15

Portuguese

abadia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadia, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia (“abbey”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈd͡ʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈdi.ɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈði.ɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈdi.a/, /a.ba.ˈdi.ɐ/

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• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧di‧a

Noun

abadia f (plural abadias)

1. abbey
2. abbeystead

Related terms

• abade
• abadessa

Further reading

• “abadia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Tagalog

Noun

abadia (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇᜒᜌ)

1. Alternative spelling of abadiya