abeja

Finnish

Noun

abeja

1. partitive plural of abi

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• abejas

Etymology

Likely derived from abeji (“both”).

Noun

abejà f (plural ãbejos) stress pattern 3^b

1. doubt, uncertainty

Declension

Declension of abejà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	abejà	ãbejos
genitive (kilmininkas)	abejõs	abejų̃
dative (naudininkas)	ãbejai	abejóms
accusative (galininkas)	ãbeją	ãbejas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ãbeja	abejomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	abejojè	abejosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ãbeja	ãbejos

Derived terms

• abeji̇̀ngas (“indifferent, negligent”)

Related terms

• abejai̇̃p (“in both ways”)
• ãbejas (id)
• ãbejetas (“couple, pair”)
• abejópas (“done in both ways”), abejópai (adverb)
• abejóti (“to doubt”)
• abejur̃ (“in both places”)

Further reading

• Wojciech Smoczyński (2018), “abeja”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʒa/

Noun

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:

     A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo

     [A cabo de días tornó-s por prender-la e aplegó por veer o yazía el león muerto. E falló en el cuerpo del león un ensamne d’abejas e miel. Crebantó-lo con sus manos e comió.]

     After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. He broke it with his hands and ate.

Descendants

• Ladino: abeja / אביז׳ה
• Spanish: abeja

Spanish

Una abeja en una flor ― A bee on a flower

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin apis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin apicula

Old Spanish abeja

Spanish abeja

Inherited from Old Spanish abeja, from Latin apicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbexa/ [aˈβ̞e.xa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: a‧be‧ja

Noun

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee (insect of the clade Anthophila)

   Hyponym: zángano

Derived terms

• abeja albañila
• abeja carpintera
• abeja de miel
• abeja machiega
• abeja maesa
• abeja maestra
• abeja melífera
• abeja neutra
• abeja obrera
• abeja reina
• abejar
• abejarrón
• abejaruco
• abejear
• abejero
• abejita
• abejón
• abejorro

See also

• avispa (“wasp”)

Further reading

• “abeja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025