авва
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄββας (ábbas), from Aramaic אבא (aba, “father”).
Descendants
- Russian: а́вва m (ávva)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “авва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 5
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈavːə]
Noun
а́вва • (ávva) m anim (genitive а́ввы, nominative plural а́ввы, genitive plural авв)
- (dated, Eastern Orthodoxy) Abba
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