abat

Borrowed from Italian abate.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈbat/
• Rhymes: -at

abat m (plural abatë)

1. abbot (superior of an abbey)
2. An ecclesiastical title close to that of a bishop.
3. Catholic priest

   Hypernym: prift

• Jungg, G. (1895), “abat”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “abat”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1
• Çabej, E. (1976), “abat”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes II: A–B, Tirana
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 1
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “abat”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]
• O. Buchholz, W. Fiedler, et al. (2000), “abat”, in Langenscheidts Handwörterbuch Albanisch (in German), 1 edition, →ISBN, page 27
• “abat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

• abatu — alternative spelling

Akin to synonymous Romanian abate (“to stray”). Perhaps from Late Latin abbattō (“to beat down, strike”), for which compare bat (“to beat, strike”).

abat (third-person singular abate, simple perfect abãtui, imperfect abãteam, participle abãtutã, infinitive abatire or abãteare)

1. (reflexive) to stray, distance oneself, take a different path

   Synonym: pãrmãrãsescu

   picurarlu si abãtu cama nclo

   the sheperd went away over there

2. (transitive) to divert, deviate

   Synonyms: curmu, pãrmãrãsescu

   picurarlu abate oile

   the shepherd diverts the sheep

• Cunia (2010), page 7a: “abat”
• Vrabie (2000), page 249: “deviate” → “abát”, page 262: “divert” → “abát”, page 651: “stray” → “mi abát”, page 650: “straggle” → “mi abát”
• DIARO (1997), page 2: “abate” → “abatu”
• Papahagi (1974), page 100: “abát”

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈbat]

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• Rhymes: -at

Inherited from Latin abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot
2. rector

   Synonym: rector

3. a type of sausage made using the stomach of a pig as the casing, and stuffed with minced meat

abat

1. inflection of abatre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “abat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Hyphenation: a‧bat

abat

1. (folklore) a vampirelike creature or monster

abat

1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
2. (of an abat) to hunt or attack prey

• abta, atab, baat, bata

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

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abat

1. third-person singular present indicative of abattre

abat m (plural abats)

1. giblet

• “abat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Bengali আবাদ (abad). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

abat

1. cultivation

abat (diminutive abát-ábat, causative paábat, frequentative abát-ábat)

1. to follow after

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabat/ [ˈa.bat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -abat
• Syllabification: a‧bat

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abat (plural abat-abat)

1. (zoology) king soldierbream, Bowen snapper, long-spined red bream, longfin snapper, longspine seabream, red bokako (Argyrops spinifer)

Borrowed from French abat (“offal”).

abat (plural abat-abat)

1. (cooking) offal, variety meats, pluck, organ meats
2. (cooking) giblet

• “abat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈabət/ [ˈäː.bət]
• Hyphenation: a‧bat

ábat

1. to accost
2. to ambush

From French abattre.

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.twa/

abat

1. To discourage
2. To depress

• Klingler, T. A., & Valdman, A. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana Univ. Press.

From Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

abat m

1. a downpour of rain

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 39.

From Old Occitan, from Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

• IPA^(key): [aˈβat]

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abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbɑːt/

ābāt

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of ābītan

• IPA^(key): /aˈbat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: a‧bát

abat

1. inflection of abate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟban ~ *ɟbaan (“skirt; girdle”).

abat^[1]

1. cloth, dress, garment

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbat/ [ʔɐˈbat̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: a‧bat

abát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜆ᜔)

1. ambush; snare; waylaying

   Synonyms: tambang, abang, pikot, bakay, ambus

• taba, baat, bata

• IPA^(key): /aːbat/
• Hyphenation: a‧bat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آباد (abad, “future eternities”),^[1][2] from Arabic آبَاد (ʔābād).

abat (definite accusative abadı, uncountable)

1. (obsolete) plural of ebet.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آباد (abad, “prosperous, in good condition, not in ruins, not deserted and neglected”),^[1][3] from Classical Persian آبَاد (ābād, “inhabitable, inhabited, populous, cultivated”).^[4]

abat

1. (archaic) Developed, flourishing, cultivated.

   Synonyms: bayındır, bakımlı, mamur, elverişli, ongun

2. (archaic) Comfortable, prosperous.

   Synonyms: müreffeh, ongun, muvaffakiyetli

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