aband

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of abandon. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbænd/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbænd/ Rhymes: -ænd === Verb === aband (third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded) (obsolete, transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. [attested only in the late 16th century] (obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake. [attested only in the late 16th century] === References === === Anagrams === Banda, banda == Middle Irish == === Noun === aband f alternative form of ab (“river”) === Mutation === == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. === Noun === āband m evening eve west Synonym: westar ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: ābent Alemannic German: Obad, Obid Swabian: Obad Bavarian: Cimbrian: aabend Central Franconian: Oovend Hunsrik: Ovend Kölsch: Ovend Luxembourgish: Owend East Central German: Ohmd, Oomd German: Abend Rhine Franconian: Owed, Owend Pennsylvania German: Owed Vilamovian: ȫwyt Yiddish: אָוונט (ovnt) → North Frisian: Oabend ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “aband”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 6th edition == Old Saxon == === Noun === āband m alternative spelling of avand