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abb

noun

LanguageIrish

Meaning
  1. obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)
  2. abbot
  3. An older spelling for the word meaning the head of an abbey.
Examples

Scríobh an t-abb an litir.

The abbot wrote the letter.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis is an obsolete spelling and should not be used in modern writing.

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abb in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.