abaci

See also: abacı

English

Etymology

From Latin abacī.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæbəkaɪ/, /-saɪ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæbəˌkaɪ/, /-ˌsaɪ/
• Hyphenation: aba‧ci

Noun

abaci

1. plural of abacus

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaħi/ [ʔʌˈbʌħɪ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ci

Noun

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

1. alternative form of abíc

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of abáci
absolutive	abáci
predicative	abáci
subjective	abací
genitive	abací
Postpositioned forms l-case abácil k-case abácik t-case abácit h-case abácih

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, page 61
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)