transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈbis, a- also ]
ˈa-(ˌ)bis noun
Etymology: Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abyssos, from abyssos, adjective, bottomless, from a- + byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep
Date: 14th century
1. : the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies
2.
a. : an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
b. : intellectual or moral depths