abt

See also: Abt, ABT, abt., Abt., and Äbt

Translingual

Symbol

abt

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

English

Adjective

abt (not comparable)

1. (academics) all but thesis: A description of the status of a masters, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.

Synonyms

• ABD

Preposition

abt

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of about.

Anagrams

• ATB, tab, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, bat, bat-, Bat-, BAT

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch abbet, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑpt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: abt
• Rhymes: -ɑpt

Noun

abt m (plural abten, diminutive abtje n, feminine abdis)

1. an abbot, monastic superior of an abbey

Derived terms

• aartsabt
• abdij
• abtelijk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ab

Estonian

Etymology

From German Abt.

Noun

abt (genitive abti, partitive abti)

1. abbot (head of a Catholic abbey)

Declension

Declension of abt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		abt	abtid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	abti
genitive			abtide
partitive		abti	abte abtisid
illative		abti abtisse	abtidesse abtesse
inessive		abtis	abtides abtes
elative		abtist	abtidest abtest
allative		abtile	abtidele abtele
adessive		abtil	abtidel abtel
ablative		abtilt	abtidelt abtelt
translative		abtiks	abtideks abteks
terminative		abtini	abtideni
essive		abtina	abtidena
abessive		abtita	abtideta
comitative		abtiga	abtidega

Further reading

• abt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic إبْط (ʔibṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apt/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apt

Noun

abt m (dual abtejn, plural abtijiet)

1. armpit

Inflection

Inflection of abt

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	abti		abtna
	2nd person	abtek		abtkom
	3rd person	abtu	abtha	abthom
plural	1st person	{{{3}}}i		{{{3}}}na
	2nd person	{{{3}}}ek		{{{3}}}kom
	3rd person	{{{3}}}u	{{{3}}}ha	{{{3}}}hom

Derived terms

• abti

 

West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apt/

Noun

abt c (plural abten)

1. abbot (the monastic superior of an abbey)

Alternative forms

• abbet (formal)

Further reading

• “abt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011