ܐܒܐ

From Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-; compare Arabic أَب (ʔab), Hebrew אָב (áv) and אַבָּא (ába). Doublet of ܒܵܒܵܐ (bābā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔawɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔavɑː]

ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ • (aḇā) m sg (plural ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܹ̈ܐ (aḇāhē) or ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ (aḇāhātē) or ܐ̈ܲܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (aḇāṯā), feminine ܝܸܡܵܐ (yimmā))

1. (formal or dated) father (male parent who begets a child)
2. (in the plural) parents
3. (figuratively) forefather, ancestor, progenitor
4. monk, abbot; bishop
5. chief, leader

   Synonym: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)

6. (figuratively) author, originator, founder, inventor

   Synonyms: ܡܵܘܠܕܵܢܵܐ (māwldānā), ܫܲܬܐܸܣܵܢܵܐ (šatˀissānā), ܒܵܪܝܵܢܵܐ (bāryānā)

7. teacher

   Synonym: ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ (malpānā)

• The plural ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܹ̈ܐ (aḇāhē) is used in literal senses (ie, parents) while the plural ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ (aḇāhātē) is used in figurative senses (ie. ancestors).

• ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܝܵܐ (aḇāhāyā, “parental, fatherly”)
• ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܘܼܬܵܐ (aḇāhūtā, “parentage, parenthood, paternity, fatherhood”)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-.

• IPA^(key): [ʔăvɑ]

ܐܒܐ • (ʾăḇāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܗܬܐ or ܐܒܗܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܡܐ)

1. father

   Synonym: ܒܒܐ

2. (in the plural) parents
3. (figuratively) forefather, ancestor, progenitor
4. monk, abbot; bishop
5. chief, leader

   Synonym: ܪܝܫܐ

6. (figuratively) author, originator, founder, inventor
7. teacher

   Synonym: ܡܠܦܢܐ

• Usually, the plural ܐܒܗܐ (ʾăḇāhēʾ) is used for literal senses while ܐܒܗܬܐ (ʾăḇāhāṯāʾ) is used for figurative senses.
• The word ܐܒܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܚܐ (ʾăḥāʾ, “brother”) and ܚܡܐ (ḥəmāʾ, “father-in-law”).

• ܐܒܗܘܬܐ (ʾăḇāhūṯāʾ)
• ܐܒܘܬܐ (ʾăḇūṯāʾ)
• ܐܒܝܐ (ʾăḇāyāʾ)

• → Ancient Greek: ἀββα (abba), ἀββά (abbá), ἀββᾶ (abbâ), ἀββᾶς (abbâs)
  • Greek: αββάς (avvás), αβάς (avás)

Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܐܢܒܐ (ʾenbāʾ), possibly from Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum). Compare Hebrew אֵב (ʾēḇ).

• ܐܒܒܐ

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛbbɑ], [ʔabbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛbbe], [ʔabbe], [ʔɛbbɑne], [ʔabbɑne] (plural)

ܐܒܐ • (ʾebbāʾ, ʾabbāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܢܐ or ܐܒܐ)

1. produce, fruit, vegetable

• ܝܘܪܩܐ
• ܝܪܩܐ

A dialect variation of ܥܒܐ (/⁠ʿabbā⁠/, “spiny-tailed lizard”), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb- (“a type of lizard or reptile; creature that cleaves to the ground”). Compare Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב (ṣaḇ, “turtle”).

• IPA^(key): [ʔabbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔabbe] (plural)

ܐܒܐ • (ʾabbāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܐ)

1. crocodile

• ܝܪܠܐ

• “ˀb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-10
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 1a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 1b-2a
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