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Old East Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄββας (ábbas), from Aramaic אבא (aba, “father”).
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋʋɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈaʋʋa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈaʋʋa/
Noun
авва (avva)
- father
Declension
Declension of авва (hard a-stem)
Descendants
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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 5
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
а́вва • (ávva) m anim (genitive а́ввы, nominative plural а́ввы, genitive plural авв)
- (dated, Eastern Orthodoxy) Abba
Declension