Abbai

[ ah-bahy ]

noun

1. the part of the Blue Nile above Lake Tana.

Example Sentences

Abbai says, “They are more than we are, and stand against us, like the trench round a garden bed.”

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Rav Bibi bar Abbai did thus, and he was harmed, but the Rabbis prayed for mercy, and he was healed.”

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The latter was all dressed in white—the turban, abbai, etc. 

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Abbai became very civilized; he was taught to make a Turkish "salaam" upon receiving a present, and to wash his hands both before and after his meals.

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Little Abbai had always been a great pet of Mrs. Baker's, and the unfortunate child being now motherless, he was naturally adopted, and led a most happy life.

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