different between aback vs abaci

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

• From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc.
• a- (“towards”) +? back (“back”).

Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.).

Adverb

aback (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]
2. (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind. [First attested prior to 1150.]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knolles to this entry?)
3. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
4. (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

Usage notes

• (by surprise): Preceded by a form of the word take, see take aback.

Translations

See also

• Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (aback)

Etymology 2

From abacus.

Noun

aback (plural abacks)

1. (obsolete) An abacus.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Baack, Ba?ka

English

Etymology

From Latin abac?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb?ka?/, /-sa?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb??ka?/, /-?sa?/
• Hyphenation: aba?ci

Noun

abaci

1. plural of abacus

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b??i/
• Hyphenation: a?ba?ci

Noun

abáci m (plural abcitté f or abiicá f or abaacá f or aboocá f)

1. Alternative form of abíc

Declension

Usage notes

• The plural abcitté and abiicá are used in the southern dialects, whereas abaacá and aboocá are used in the northern dialects.

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abàci”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
• Didier Morin (2012) , “ABACI”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, ?ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abb?tia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aba?t?si]

Noun

abaci f (indefinite plural abací, definite singular abacía, definite plural abacítë)

1. abbacy, jurisdiction of an abbot
2. abbey

Declension

Related terms

• abat m

Further reading

• [2] noun abaci (indef./sg. abací; def./sg. abacía; indef./pl. abací; def./pl. abacítë) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

abaci

1. plural of abacus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ba.ki?/, [?äbäki?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.ba.t??i/, [???b?t??i]

Noun

abac? m

1. genitive singular of abacus
2. nominative plural of abacus
3. vocative plural of abacus

Noun

abac? m

1. dative singular of abax