abb

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

Translingual

Symbol

abb

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English abb, 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)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References
  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

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
abb n-abb habb t-abb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑb/

Noun

abb

  1. 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)

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

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

  1. Alternative spelling of ap

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
abb unchanged n-abb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Pronunciation
  • (Orkney) IPA(key): /ab/, /ɔb/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

  1. (countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

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

  1. to hinder

References
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