English

Proper noun

Abbas

1. A male given name
2. A surname​.

Translations

Anagrams

• ababs, babas

English

Noun

abbas

1. plural of abba

Anagrams

• ababs, babas

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς ‎(abbâs), from Aramaic אבא ‎(’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.baːs/

Noun

abbās m ‎(genitive abbātis); third declension

1. An abbot.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• abbātia
• abbātissa
• abbātīzō

Descendants

• Catalan: abat
• French: abbé
• Italian: abate
  • Romanian: abate
  • Russian: абба́т ‎(abbát)
• Middle High German: abbāt
  • Dutch: abt
  • German: Abt
• Old English: abbat, abbod
  • Middle English: abbot, abbod
    • English: abbot
  • Old Polish: opat
    • Hungarian apát
    • Serbo-Croatian: о̀пат
    • Slovak: opát
    • Slovenian: opat
    • Ukrainian: о́пат ‎(ópat)
• Old Portuguese: abade
  • Portuguese: abade
• Old Spanish: abad, abbad
  • Spanish: abad

References

• abbas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ABBAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abbas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.