أب

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See also: اب, آب, ات, آپ, and آت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, from the root ء ب و (ʔ-b-w). Cognate with Hebrew אב ('áv). Compare Italian babbo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔab/
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Noun

أَب • (ʔab) m (construct state أَبُو (ʔabū), dual أَبَوَانِ (ʔabawāni), plural آبَاء (ʔābāʔ))

  1. father
  2. ancestor, forefather
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of noun أَب (ʔab)
Singular singular long construct
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَب
ʔab 		الْأَب
al-ʔab 		أَبُو
ʔabū
Nominative أَبٌ
ʔabun 		الْأَبُ
al-ʔabu 		أَبُو
ʔabū
Accusative أَبًا
ʔaban 		الْأَبَ
al-ʔaba 		أَبَا
ʔabā
Genitive أَبٍ
ʔabin 		الْأَبِ
al-ʔabi 		أَبِي
ʔabī
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَبَوَيْن‎; أَبَيْن
ʔabawayn‎; ʔabayn 		الْأَبَوَيْن‎; الْأَبَيْن
al-ʔabawayn‎; al-ʔabayn 		أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Nominative أَبَوَانِ‎; أَبَانِ
ʔabawāni‎; ʔabāni 		الْأَبَوَانِ‎; الْأَبَانِ
al-ʔabawāni‎; al-ʔabāni 		أَبَوَا‎; أَبَا
ʔabawā‎; ʔabā
Accusative أَبَوَيْنِ‎; أَبَيْنِ
ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni 		الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎; الْأَبَيْنِ
al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni 		أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Genitive أَبَوَيْنِ‎; أَبَيْنِ
ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni 		الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎; الْأَبَيْنِ
al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni 		أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal آبَاء
ʔābāʔ 		الْآبَاء
al-ʔābāʔ 		آبَاء
ʔābāʔ
Nominative آبَاءٌ
ʔābāʔun 		الْآبَاءُ
al-ʔābāʔu 		آبَاءُ
ʔābāʔu
Accusative آبَاءً
ʔābāʔan 		الْآبَاءَ
al-ʔābāʔa 		آبَاءَ
ʔābāʔa
Genitive آبَاءٍ
ʔābāʔin 		الْآبَاءِ
al-ʔābāʔi 		آبَاءِ
ʔābāʔi
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
  • (father): أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother”)
Descendants
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

أُبْ • (ʔub) (form I) /ʔub/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of آبَ (ʔāba)

Further reading

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *ap.[1] Cognate with Old Uyghur (ap).

Conjunction

أَبْ (ap)

  1. not, neither, nor
    اَبْ بُو اَبْ اُولْ ― Ap bū ap ol. ― Neither this nor that.

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3

Further reading

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

Noun

أب • (ʔabb) m (construct state أبو (ʔabu), plural أبات (ʔabbāt) or أبهات (ʔabbahāt) or أبوات (ʔabbawāt))

  1. (Syria) father
    Synonym: بي (bayy) (Lebanon)
    Coordinate term: إم (ʔimm, “mother”)

Usage notes

  • When a suffix pronoun is added, either أب (ʔab-) or the construct form is used, e.g. أبي / أبوي (ʔabi / ʔabūy, “my father”).

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

Noun

أبّ • (ʔabb) m (construct state أبو (ʔabu), plural أبّهات (ʔabbahāt))

  1. Alternative form of أبو (ʔabu, “father”)
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