abies

• abyes

abies

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aby

From the genus name Abies.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.biˌiz/, /ˈæ.biˌiz/

abies (plural abies)

1. A tree of the genus Abies.

• IPA^(key): /a.bjɛs/

abies m (plural abies)

1. (archaic) A fir tree.

• “abies” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• baies
• baise, baisé

From Proto-Italic *abiets, probably related to Ancient Greek ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”, acc. m/f). Possibly both are borrowings from the same source, but IE origins have also been suggested.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.eːs/

abiēs f (genitive abietis); third declension

1. the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
2. (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)

Third declension.

• abiēgnus
• abietārius

• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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