German

Noun

Abis

1. plural of Abi

Latin

Verb

abīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of abeō

References

• ABIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος ‎(ábussos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavʲisʲ/

Noun

abis ?

1. abyss
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51^d8

     is samlid insin rodaingnigestar Dia imna abissiu

     even so hath God made firm about the abysses

   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55^d11

     Ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomthetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain.

     There are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth.

Usage notes

The gender is unclear in Old Irish. It was possibly masculine as in Latin, while in the later language it is feminine.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: aibhéis

Mutation

References

• “aibis, aibís” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.