אב

See also: אָבֿ, אָב, and Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Aramaic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum).

Noun

אַב (ʾaḇ) m

  1. absolute form of אַבָּא (ʾabbā)

Proper noun

אָב (ʾāv) m

  1. August
  2. Av

Descendants

  • Classical Syriac: ܐܒ (ʾāv)
    • Arabic: آب (ʔāb)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܒ (ʾāb)
  • Turoyo: ܐܳܒ (ʾob)

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
א־ב (ʾ-b)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of אַבָּא (ába), which was borrowed from Aramaic. Cognate with Arabic أب.

Pronunciation

Noun

אָב ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)

  1. father, male parent
    • 2016, March 31, nrg
      יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: []
      Yo"R [yoshévet rósh] mérets gal'ón 'am'rá b'ik'vót sikható shel n'tanyáhu 'im 'aví hakhayál hayoré mekhevrón: []
      Chairman of Meretz Gal-On said, following Netanyahu's conversation with the father of the shooting soldier from Hebron: []
  2. ancestor, forefather
  3. progenitor
  4. originator
  5. prototype
Usage notes
  • In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.
Declension

Noun

אַב (av)

  1. Singular construct state form of אָב ('av).

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum).

Proper noun

אָב ('áv) m

  1. 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.
Descendants
See also

Etymology 3

Root
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]

  1. swelling, spreading.
  2. the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
  3. (in the plural) state of growth, development
Derived terms
  • אֲבָבִית (avavít)

Anagrams

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