abb

See also: ABB, abb., Abb., àbb, and -abb

Translingual

Symbol

abb

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bankon.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ab, abbe, from Old English āweb, āb, ōweb, from away + web (“warp thread”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /æb/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æb

Noun

abb (countable and uncountable, plural abbs)

A type of yarn for the warp.
A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]^[1]
(UK) A filling pick used in weaving.^[2]

Derived terms

abb-wool

Translations

type of yarn for the warp

Greek: υφάδι (el) n (yfádi)
Italian: trama (it)
Manx: snaie 'sy choigee m

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2

Anagrams

B.B.A., BBA, bab

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of *abb*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abb	n-abb	habb	t-abb

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

Livonian

Alternative forms

a'b (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑb/

Noun

abb

help

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

(Christianity) abbot
Abbyr 'abb' dyn gleashagh dty chab.
Say 'abbot' without moving your jaw.

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

Alternative spelling of ap

Inflection

Masculine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	abb	abbaith^L, abb	abbaith
Vocative	abb	abbaith^L, abb	aptha
Accusative	abbaith^N	abbaith^L, abb	aptha
Genitive	abbath	abbath	abbath^N
Dative	abbaith^L, abb	apthaib	apthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *abb*
radical	lenition	nasalization
abb (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-abb

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

Scots

Pronunciation

(Orkney) IPA^(key): /ab/, /ɔb/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

(countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

abb (third-person singular simple present abbs, present participle abbin, simple past abbt, past participle abbt)

to hinder

References

Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

[2] Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2

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