# abak
## Albanian
### Etymology

Compare Latin abacus, Italian abaco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈbak]

### Noun

abak m (plural abakë, definite abaku, definite plural abakët)
* abacus

#### Synonyms

* numratore

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Basque
### Noun

abak
* absolutive plural of aba
* ergative indefinite of aba
* ergative singular of aba

## Central Cagayan Agta
### Noun

abak
* sleeping mat (made of woven palm leaves)

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

abak
* sleeping mat

## Hiligaynon
### Verb

ábak (diminutive abák-abák, frequentative abák-abák)
* to follow in quick succession

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.baəʔ/

### Noun

abak
* fragments

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* abac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈabək/ [ˈäː.bək]
* Hyphenation: a‧bak

### Noun

ábak
* morning

#### Derived terms

* abakan

### See also

* bengi
* udtu
* gatpanapun

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* obak, abac

### Etymology

From Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- +‎ bak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbak/

### Adverb

abak
* backward, away
** c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women/The Legend of Thisbe:Al blody, and therwith-al a-bak she sterte(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* English: aback
* Scots: aback, a-back

#### References

* “abak, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.bak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abak
* Syllabification: a‧bak

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus. First attested in the 19th century. Doublet of abakus.

#### Noun

abak m inan
* (arithmetic) abacus (device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.)
    Synonym: abakus
    Hypernym: liczydło

##### Related terms

* abacysta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

abak f
* genitive plural of abaka

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abak”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900–1927), “abak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw

### Further reading

* abak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* abak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* abak in PWN's encyclopedia
* abak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* àbakus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎbak/
* Hyphenation: a‧bak

### Noun

àbak m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бак)
* abacus

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “abak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áːbak/

### Noun

ȃbak m inan
* abacus

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “abak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “abak”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Yogad
### Noun

abák
* sleeping mat