Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#AB Abkhaz or RussianCategory:Translingual terms derived from Russian#AB абха́з (abxáz)Category:Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ABCategory:Translingual clippings#AB.

Symbol

abCategory:Translingual lemmas#ABCategory:Translingual symbols#ABCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#ABCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1Category:ISO 639-1 language code for Abkhaz.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Abkhaz terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æb/Category:English 1-syllable words#ABCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#AB
• Rhymes: -æbCategory:Rhymes:English/æb#ABCategory:Rhymes:English/æb/1 syllable#AB
• Homophones: abb, AbCategory:English terms with homophones#AB

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of abscess.

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Etymology 4

From the spelling books and the fact that it was the first of the letter combinations.^[2]

References

• “ab”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• "ab" in Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 2002.
• “ab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• -ba-, B. A., B.A., BA, Ba, ba, ba'

Etymology

Borrowed from PersianCategory:Äynu terms borrowed from Persian#ABCategory:Äynu terms derived from Persian#AB آب (âb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑb/Category:Äynu terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Noun

abCategory:Äynu lemmas#ABCategory:Äynu nouns#ABCategory:Äynu entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. water

References

• Otto Ladstätter, Andreas Tietze, Die Abdal (Äynu) in Xinjiang (1994)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical PersianCategory:Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Classical Persian#ABCategory:Azerbaijani terms derived from Classical Persian#AB آب (āb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑb]Category:Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

  Category:Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation#AB

Noun

ab (definite accusative abı, plural ablar)Category:Azerbaijani lemmas#ABCategory:Azerbaijani nouns#ABCategory:Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (Classical AzerbaijaniCategory:Classical Azerbaijani#AB) water

   Synonym: su

Noun

abCategory:Blagar lemmas#ABCategory:Blagar nouns#ABCategory:Blagar entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. fish

References

• A. Schapper (citing Steinhauer), Elevation in the spatial deictic systems of Alor-Pantar languages, in The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
• ASJP, citing L. C. Robinson and G. Holton, Internal classification of the Alor-Pantar language family using computational methods applied to the lexicon (2012)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/Category:Catalan 1-syllable words#ABCategory:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#AB
• (Before a voiced consonant or a vowel) IPA^(key): /ab/Category:Catalan 1-syllable words#ABCategory:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#AB
• (Before a voiced consonant or a vowel in betacist dialects) IPA^(key): /aβ/Category:Catalan 1-syllable words#ABCategory:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Preposition

abCategory:Catalan lemmas#ABCategory:Catalan prepositions#ABCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. obsolete form of ambCategory:Catalan obsolete forms#AB

Etymology

Borrowed from PersianCategory:Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Persian#ABCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Persian#AB آب (āb / âb).

Noun

abCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#ABCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#ABCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. water

   Synonyms: suv, su, bum-bum

References

• “ab”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#AB ab (“of, from”).

Etymology 2

See abe (“to ape, mimic”).

Further reading

• “ab” in Den Danske Ordbog

Particle

abCategory:East Central German lemmas#ABCategory:East Central German particles#ABCategory:East Central German entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (Strehlen and Schömberg, SilesianCategory:Silesian East Central German#AB) negative particle, do not

Etymology

From Proto-MongolicCategory:East Yugur terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic#ABCategory:East Yugur terms derived from Proto-Mongolic#AB *ab-, compare Mongolian авах (avax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abqʰə/, [aβqʰə]Category:East Yugur terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Verb

abCategory:East Yugur lemmas#ABCategory:East Yugur verbs#ABCategory:East Yugur entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. to take

   Ci ghudal kelese bu cini arasini xuulj' abqu.

   If you tell a lie I will skin you [take your skin].

   Category:East Yugur terms with usage examples#AB

Pronunciation

• (Germany) IPA^(key): /ap/, /ɑp/Category:German 1-syllable words#ABCategory:German 1-syllable words#ABCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#AB
• (Switzerland, Austria, Bavaria) IPA^(key): /ɑb̥/Category:German 1-syllable words#ABCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#AB
• Rhymes: -apCategory:Rhymes:German/ap#ABCategory:Rhymes:German/ap/1 syllable#AB

Etymology 1

From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#ABCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#AB abe, ab, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#ABCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#AB ab, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#ABCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#AB *ab, from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ABCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AB *ab.

Etymology 2

From adverbial use of the prefix ab- in verbs such as abschlagen, abgehen etc. Compare English off.

Related terms

• abseits

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔáb/, [ʔáb̚]Category:Hamer-Banna terms with IPA pronunciation#AB0

Determiner

abCategory:Hamer-Banna lemmas#AB0Category:Hamer-Banna determiners#AB0Category:Hamer-Banna entries with incorrect language header#AB0Category:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. alternative form of ábi

References

• Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University, page 297

Noun

ab (plural ab-ab)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ABCategory:Indonesian nouns#ABCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. small pot
2. (dated) father (aba)

Preposition

abCategory:Interlingua lemmas#ABCategory:Interlingua prepositions#ABCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. from

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Irish terms derived from Latin#AB abbas (“father”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek#AB ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from AramaicCategory:Irish terms derived from Aramaic#AB אַבָּא (’abbā, “father”).

Etymology 2

Contraction of the relative particle a and the prevocalic variant of the past/conditional copula particle b’.

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ab”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ab”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Noun

abCategory:Kein lemmas#ABCategory:Kein nouns#ABCategory:Kein entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. fire

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (as ʌb)
• Bemal Organized Phonology Data (as ab)

Etymology

From Proto-MayanCategory:K'iche' terms inherited from Proto-Mayan#ABCategory:K'iche' terms derived from Proto-Mayan#AB *ʔaabʼ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːɓ/Category:K'iche' terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Noun

abCategory:K'iche' lemmas#ABCategory:K'iche' nouns#ABCategory:K'iche' entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. hammock
2. steam
3. mist

References

• Christenson, Allen J. (2003), Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet‎, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, →OCLC, page 7

Alternative forms

• ā (not used before a vowel or h)
• abs (Old Latin, exclusively before the pronoun tē)
• af (Old Latin)
• dē ab (Late Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#ABCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#AB *ap, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ABCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AB *h₂epó (“off, away”) (whence English off, of and after).^[1] See also po-. Cognate with ᾰ̓πό (ăpó). The reconstruction of the Proto-Italic form is somewhat uncertain, as it's not clear when or how the final vowel of the PIE form was lost. The voicing of the final consonant to -b can be interpreted as an example of regular voicing of plosives in word-final position, as in fēced < *fēcet, a sound change that some reconstruct at the common Italic stage. Others explain -b here as the result of analogical extension from clusters ending in a voiced consonant.^[2] The form ap- is attested in composition in Latin aperiō and Umbrian 𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌇𐌕𐌓𐌄 (apehtre).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈab]Category:Latin 1-syllable words#ABCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AB
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈab]Category:Latin 1-syllable words#ABCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Preposition

abCategory:Latin lemmas#ABCategory:Latin prepositions#ABCategory:Latin ablative prepositions#ABCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB (+ ablative)

1. (indicating ablation): from, away from, out of
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:

     Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.

     The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani; the Marne and the Seine separate them from the Belgae.

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#AB
2. (indicating ablation): down from
3. (indicating agency): (source of action or event) by, by means of
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 7.4:

     Rex ab suis appellatur.

     The king is saluted by his men.

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#AB
4. (indicating instrumentality): (source of action or event) by, by means of, with
   • 56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Sestio 42.92:

     Horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum. vim volumus exstingui, ius valeat necesse est, id est iudicia, quibus omne ius continetur; iudicia displicent aut nulla sunt, vis dominetur necesse est. hoc vident omnes: Milo et vidit et fecit, ut ius experiretur, vim depelleret. altero uti voluit, ut virtus audaciam vinceret; altero usus necessario est, ne virtus ab audacia vinceretur.

     ...so that virtue might not be overwhelmed by insolence.

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#AB
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.2:

     Quamquam philosophiae quidem vituperātōribus satis respōnsum est eō librō, quō ā nōbīs philosophia dēfēnsa et collaudāta est, cum esset accūsāta et vituperāta ab Hortēnsiō.

     Although indeed to the vituperators of philosophy an adequate response is in that book, in which philosophy has been defended and highly praised by us [me], when it had been accused and vituperated by Hortensius.

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#AB
5. (indicating association): to, with
   • Ad, Rōmānōs IIX.XXX:

     ... Sī Deus ā nōbīs est, quis contrā nōs?

     ... If God is with us, who is against us?

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#AB
6. (indicating location): at, on, in
7. (time) after, since

   Ab urbe conditā.

   From the founding of the City.

   Category:Latin terms with usage examples#AB

References

Further reading

• “ab”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ab”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ab, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
    
  • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    
  • the Rhone[TR2] is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani: Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
    
  • to be far from town: longe, procul abesse ab urbe
    
  • to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
    
  • in the fifth year from the founding of the city: anno ab urbe condita quinto
    
  • to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
    
  • to trace one's descent from some one: originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
    
  • a native of England: ortus ab Anglis or oriundus ex Anglis
    
  • from one's entry into civil life: ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
    
  • to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
    
  • to start from small beginnings: ab exiguis initiis proficisci
    
  • the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)
    
  • to originate in, arise from: ab aliqua re proficisci
    
  • to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
    
  • to gain a person's esteem, friendship: gratiam inire ab aliquoor apud aliquem
    
  • to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    
  • to gain one's point with any one: aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
    
  • to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
    
  • to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
    
  • to draw away some one's attention from a thing: alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
    
  • to hold the same views: idem sentire (opp. dissentire ab aliquo)
    
  • to apply to a person for advice: consilium petere ab aliquo
    
  • to rescue from oblivion: aliquid ab oblivione vindicare
    
  • to be quite uncivilised: ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • to be educated by some one: litteras discere ab aliquo
    
  • to receive instruction from some one: institui or erudiri ab aliquo
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to disagree with a person: dissentire, dissidere ab or cum aliquo
    
  • to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    
  • to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
    
  • to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    
  • no sound passed his lips: nulla vox est ab eo audita
    
  • to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    
  • to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
    
  • to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word): vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
    
  • the word amicitia comes from amare: nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amando
    
  • to be separated by a deadly hatred: capitali odio dissidere ab aliquo (De Am. 1. 2)
    
  • to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
    
  • to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to protect any one from wrong: ab iniuria aliquem defendere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
    
  • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
  • the conversation began with..: sermo ortus est ab aliqua re
    
  • something has been left as a legacy by some one: hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo
    
  • I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
    
  • to lend, borrow money at interest: pecuniam fenori (fenore) alicui dare, accipere ab aliquo
    
  • to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
    
  • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem alicuius rei reposcere aliquem or ab aliquo
    
  • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem ab aliquo reptere de aliqua re (Cluent. 37. 104)
    
  • to gain some one's favour: gratiam inire apud aliquem, ab aliquo (cf. sect. V. 12)
    
  • to be on a person's side (not ab alicuius partibus): ab (cum) aliquo stare (Brut. 79. 273)
    
  • to hold different views in politics: ab aliquo in re publica dissentire
    
  • to deliver some one from slavery: ab aliquo servitutem or servitutis iugum depellere
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to lay down arms: ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
    
  • to demand satisfaction, restitution: res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
    
  • to gain a victory over the enemy: victoriam reportare ab hoste
    
  • putting aside, except: cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

Conjunction

abCategory:Latvian lemmas#ABCategory:Latvian conjunctions#ABCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (archaicCategory:Latvian terms with archaic senses#AB) or

Preposition

abCategory:Latvian lemmas#ABCategory:Latvian prepositions#ABCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (archaicCategory:Latvian terms with archaic senses#AB) around

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑˀb/, [ˈɑˀb̥]Category:Livonian terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Livonian entries#AB Compare dialectal Estonian abu (“shoulder”) (islands' dialect).

Etymology 2

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Livonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#ABCategory:Livonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic#AB *api.

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “a’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎ (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Alternative forms

• aband, abann

Etymology

From Old IrishCategory:Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#ABCategory:Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish#AB aub, from Proto-CelticCategory:Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#ABCategory:Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#AB *abū.

Noun

ab f (genitive aba)Category:Middle Irish lemmas#ABCategory:Middle Irish nouns#ABCategory:Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Middle Irish feminine nouns#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. river

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːb/Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation#AB
• Rhymes: -ɑːbCategory:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑːb#AB
• Hyphenation: ab

Etymology 1

From GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German#AB ab (“from”), from Middle High GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle High German#AB ab, from Old High GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old High German#AB ab (“of”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AB *ab (“away, away from”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AB *h₂epó (“off, away”).

Etymology 2

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#AB ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Italic#AB *ab, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AB *h₂epó (“off, away”).

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of avbetaling (“installment”), verbal noun form of avbetale (“to pay off”), a compound of av +‎ betaleCategory:Norwegian Bokmål compound terms#AB, first part av (“of, from, by, off”), from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#ABCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#AB af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ABCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AB *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ABCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AB *h₂epó (“off, away”) + second part betale (“pay, purchase”), from Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German#AB betalen (“of, from, off, by”), last part is the suffix -ing (“-ing”), from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#ABCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#AB -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ABCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AB *-ingō, *-ungō.

References

• “ab_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ab_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ab_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ab” in Store norske leksikon

Alternative forms

• amb
• dab (Gascon)
• damb (Gascon, Aranese)
• ambé (Provençal)
• embé (Provençal, Niçard)

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Occitan terms inherited from Latin#ABCategory:Occitan terms derived from Latin#AB ab.

Preposition

abCategory:Occitan lemmas#ABCategory:Occitan prepositions#ABCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (GuardiolCategory:Guardiol#AB) with

References

• Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.

Etymology

Reduced form of LatinCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#AB apud.

Preposition

abCategory:Old French lemmas#ABCategory:Old French prepositions#ABCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (10th century) with

Etymology

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ABCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#AB *ab.

Preposition

abCategory:Old High German lemmas#ABCategory:Old High German prepositions#ABCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. of

Etymology

Reduced form of LatinCategory:Old Occitan terms derived from Latin#AB apud

Preposition

abCategory:Old Occitan lemmas#ABCategory:Old Occitan prepositions#ABCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. with
   • c. 1000, unknown, Lo Poèma de Boecis:

     Non comprarias ab mil liuras d’argent.

     [That] you couldn't buy with a thousand pounds of silver.

     Category:Old Occitan terms with quotations#AB

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap/Category:Parauk terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Verb

abCategory:Parauk lemmas#ABCategory:Parauk verbs#ABCategory:Parauk entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. to give, hand over.

Etymology

Compare German ab, Dutch af, English off.

Preposition

abCategory:Pennsylvania German lemmas#ABCategory:Pennsylvania German prepositions#ABCategory:Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. off
2. from
3. away

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-YeniseianCategory:Pumpokol terms inherited from Proto-Yeniseian#ABCategory:Pumpokol terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian#AB *obʌ (“father”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab/Category:Pumpokol terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Noun

ab (plural unknown)Category:Pumpokol lemmas#ABCategory:Pumpokol nouns#ABCategory:Pumpokol entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. father

References

Further reading

• Портфель Миллера in Russian state archives, foilo 199.
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 50
• Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 179

Alternative forms

• ob

Etymology

UncertainCategory:Scots terms with unknown etymologies#AB. Compare English hobble, Dutch hobbelen (“to lurch”), Danish happe (“to stutter”), Norwegian jabba (“to stammer”) and colloquial Swedish happla (“to stutter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab/, /ɔb/Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Noun

ab (plural abs)Category:Scots lemmas#ABCategory:Scots nouns#ABCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (OrkneyCategory:Orkney Scots#AB) impediment, hindrance, objection.

Verb

ab (simple past abed)Category:Scots lemmas#ABCategory:Scots verbs#ABCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (OrkneyCategory:Orkney Scots#AB) to hinder

References

• “ab, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Noun

ab m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#ABCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#ABCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#ABCategory:gd-noun 2

1. alternative form of aba

Romanization

abCategory:Sumerian non-lemma forms#ABCategory:Sumerian romanizations#ABCategory:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. romanization of 𒀊 (ab)
2. romanization of 𒀖 (ab)

Alternative forms

• âb

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#ABCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#AB آب (āb, “water”), from Classical PersianCategory:Turkish terms derived from Classical Persian#AB آب (āb)Category:Persian terms with redundant transliterations#AB.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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  Category:Turkish terms with audio pronunciation#AB

Noun

ab (definite accusative abı, plural ablar)Category:Turkish lemmas#ABCategory:Turkish nouns#ABCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. (obsoleteCategory:Turkish terms with obsolete senses#AB, poeticCategory:Turkish poetic terms#AB) water

References

• “ab”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Volapük terms borrowed from German#ABCategory:Volapük terms derived from German#AB aber (“but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab/Category:Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Conjunction

abCategory:Volapük lemmas#ABCategory:Volapük conjunctions#ABCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. but.

Etymology

From fab, soft mutation of mab (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#AB

Prefix

abCategory:Welsh lemmas#ABCategory:Welsh prefixes#ABCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. A patronymic indicator; son of.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Article

abCategory:Wolof lemmas#ABCategory:Wolof articles#ABCategory:Wolof entries with incorrect language header#ABCategory:Pages with entries#ABCategory:Pages with 36 entries#AB

1. a/an (singular indefinite article)