abis

abis

1. inessive singular of abi

abīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of abeō

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈavʲisʲ/

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. 51d8

     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. 55d11

     Ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomthetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain.

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

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Irish: aibhéis (possibly or partially)

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

abis (definite accusative abisi, plural abisler)

1. abyss

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• abis in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu