abado

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English abbot, French abbé, German Abt, Italian abate, Russian абба́т (abbát), Spanish abad. The decision to use -d- instead of the more common -t- is to avoid confusion with abatar (“to knock down, fell”). Decision no. 1226, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbado/

Noun

abado (plural abadi)

1. abbot (not gendered)

Derived terms

• abadala
• abadeso
• abadeyala
• abadeyo
• abadino
• abadulo

 

References

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 135, 451
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 69

Further reading

• abad-(ul)o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

Lithuanian

Noun

ãbado

1. genitive singular of ãbadas (“rim”)

Portuguese

Participle

abado (feminine abada, masculine plural abados, feminine plural abadas)

1. past participle of abar