אבא
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"
Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Syriac: ܐܒܐ
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-.
Noun
[edit]אַבָּא • (ʾabbā) m (plural אֲבָהָתָא, singular construct אֲבוּ, feminine counterpart אִמָּא)
- father, ancestor, progenitor
- Targum Onkelos, B'midbar 27:6-7
- וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה לְמֵימָר: יָאוּת בְּנַת צְלָפְחָד מְמַלְּלָן מִתַּן תִּתֵּן לְהוֹן אֲחוּדַת אַחֲסָנָא בְּגוֹ אֲחֵי אֲבוּהֶן וְתַעֲבַר יָת אַחֲסָנַת אֲבוּהֶן לְהֵן:
- waʔămar yəyā ləmōše ləmēmār - yāʔūθ bənaθ sˁəlāp̄ħāð məmalləlān mittan tittēn ləhōn ʔăħūðaθ ʔaħăsānā bəɣō ˀăħē ʔăvūhen wəθaˤăvar yāθ ʔaħăsānaθ ʔăvūhen ləhēn.
- And Hashem spoke to Moshe to say, "What Tselofkhad's daughters say is correct; you shall certainly give them the inheritance of property among the brothers of their father and you will transfer their father's property to them."
- Targum Onkelos, B'midbar 27:6-7
- teacher
- chief, leader
- author, originator
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]אבא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבנא or אבא)
References
[edit]- “ˀb”, 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
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. Doublet of אָב ('áv), which is inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔab.bɔː/, [ˈʔaː.ab.bɔː]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔab.bɔ/, [ˈʔæːb.bɔ(ː)]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)æb.bɒ/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔab.ba/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): (East) /ˈʔab.ba/, (West) /ˈ(ʔ)a.ba/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)a.bɔ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)a.ba/
Audio (Israel): (file)
Noun
[edit]אַבָּא • (ába) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, feminine counterpart אמא)
- (colloquial) father
- 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא
- אבא, אני רוצה לעמוד מולך
להאמין שאתה אבא טוב
אבא, אני צריך לדעת שאתה אוהב אותי
ככה סתם אבא טוב- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא
- (Rabbinic Hebrew) Father, especially the speaker's own father.
Related terms
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- Aramaic terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Aramaic lemmas
- Aramaic nouns
- Aramaic palindromes
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- Aramaic terms with quotations
- Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Aramaic irregular nouns
- arc:Family
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- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew doublets
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- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
- Hebrew masculine nouns
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- Hebrew colloquialisms
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- he:Male family members
- he:Parents