אב
Aramaic
Descendants
References
- “ˀb2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Root |
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א־ב (ʾ-b) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of אַבָּא (ába), which was borrowed from Aramaic. Cognate with Arabic أب.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)av/
- (Biblical Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔːv/
Noun
אָב • ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)
- father, male parent
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […]
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- ancestor, forefather
- progenitor
- originator
- prototype
Usage notes
- In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.
Declension
Declension of אָב
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אָב | first | אָבִי | אָבִינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָב | second | אָבִיךָ | אָבִיךְ | אֲבִיכֶם | אֲבִיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבִי־ | third | אָבִיו | אָבִיהָ | אֲבִיהֶם | אֲבִיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | אָבוֹת | first | אבותיי / אֲבוֹתַי | אֲבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָבוֹת | second | אֲבוֹתֶיךָ | אבותייך / אֲבוֹתַיִךְ | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבוֹת־ | third | אֲבוֹתָיו | אֲבוֹתֶיהָ | אֲבוֹתָם | אֲבוֹתָן |
Derived terms
- אַב טִיפּוּס (av tipús)
- אַבָּא (ába)
- אַבָּהוּת (abahút)
- אֲבָהִי (avahí)
- תָּכְנִית אָב (tokhnít-áv)
Proper noun
אָב • ('áv) m
- Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days) beginning between the eighth of July and the seventh of August, and ending between the sixth of August and the fifth of September.
See also
Etymology 3
Root |
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א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b) |
Related to Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum), Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “meadow”), Aramaic אִנְבָּא.
Noun
אֵב • ('év) m (plural indefinite איבים / אִבִּים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
Derived terms
- אֲבָבִית (avavít)
Anagrams
- בא
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