Noun: abats
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | abats |
| Accusative | abatu |
| Genitive | abata |
| Dative | abatam |
| Instrumental | abatu |
| Locative | abatā |
| Vocative | abat |
Plural
| Nominative | abati |
| Accusative | abatus |
| Genitive | abatu |
| Dative | abatiem |
| Instrumental | abatiem |
| Locative | abatos |
| Vocative | abati |
Sample Sentences
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abats ir Romas katoļu baznīcas goda tituls (abbot is an honorific title of the Roman Catholic church)
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abats nēsā mitru un gana zizli (the abbot carries a mitre (hat) and a shepherd's staff)
Nouns inflected like abats
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). See: Latin Nouns '
abbās'.
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