noun · masculinethird declension
abbās
abbās m (genitive abbātis, feminine abbātissa)
Classical[ˈab.baːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈab.bas]
Meaning
- an abbot
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | abbās | abbātēs |
| genitive | abbātis | abbātum |
| dative | abbātī | abbātibus |
| accusative | abbātem | abbātēs |
| ablative | abbāte | abbātibus |
| vocative | abbās | abbātēs |
abbās, ātis, m. id.,
I. the head of an ecclesiastical community, an abbot (eccl. Lat.), Sid. 16, 114; Inscr. Mommsen, 3485 (A. D. 468).—Hence, abbātissa, ae, f., an abbess, Inscr. Mommsen, 3896 (A. D. 570); and abbātĭa, ae, f., an abbey (eccl. Lat.), Hler.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), ἀββᾶς (abbâs, “father or abbot”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianabbate
- Italianabate
- Istriotabà
- Istriotabàte
- Neapolitanabbate
- Sicilianabbati
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanabat
- Occitanabat
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseabadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese abade
- Spanishabadfrom Old Spanish abbat
- Asturianabá
- Galicianabadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese abade
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmonteseabà
- Romagnolabêt
Elsewhere
- Cornishabas
- Crimean Tatarabbat
- Indonesianabbas
- Latvianabats
- Lithuanianabatas
- Dutchabtfrom Middle Dutch abbet
- Old Englishabbod
- Old Englishabbad
- Old Englishabbud
- Old Frenchabbe