abies

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name Abies. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæbɪˌiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪbiˌiz/, /ˈæbiˌiz/ === Noun === abies (plural abies or abietes) A tree of the genus Abies. A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Baise, beisa == French == === Alternative forms === abiès === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abies. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bjɛs/ === Noun === abies m (invariable) (archaic) a fir tree === Further reading === “abies”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === baies baise, baisé == Latin == === Etymology === Usually connected with the Ancient Greek hapax ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”), both reflecting a root *abi-, ultimately likely from a substrate source. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.bi.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bi.es] The oblique stem scans as ab.jĕt- (IPA(key): [ab.jɛ.t-]) in dactylic poetry (where the pronunciation ăbĭĕt-, with three short syllables in a row, could not be used). The nominative singular scans as ăbĭēs. Compare the like treatment of ariēs and pariēs. === Noun === abiēs f (genitive abietis); third declension the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== abiēgnus abietārius ==== Descendants ==== Reflexes of an assumed variant *abētem: (cf. parētem < parietem) === References === === Further reading === “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "abies", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “abies”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN == Scots == === Etymology === E.D.D. suggests all-be-as, but see byes. The development of meaning in 3. seems a recent extension. === Preposition === abies In comparison with. In addition to, besides. except === References === “abies, prep.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.