أب

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔab/

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

1. father
2. ancestor, forefather

• This word has the irregular vocative forms أَبَتَ (ʔabata) and أَبَتِ (ʔabati).

• (father): وَالِد (wālid)

• (father): أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother”)

• (nouns with long construct singular) الْأَسْمَاء السِّتَّة (al-ʔasmāʔ as-sitta); أَب (ʔab), أَخ (ʔaḵ), حَم (ḥam), فَم (fam), ذُو (ḏū), هَن (han) ^{(Category: Arabic nouns with long construct singular)}

أُبْ • (ʔub) (form I) /ʔub/

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

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 3, 10–11
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 69–72 (for etymology of the vocative forms)
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 2–3

From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

• IPA^(key): /abb/

أبّ • (abb) m (construct state أبو (abū), plural أبّهات (abbahāt))

1. father, dad

   Synonyms: بابا (bāba, “dad”) (familiar), والد (wālid, “father”) (formal)

   Coordinate term: أمّ (umm, “mother”)

• Referring to one's father as أبوك (abūk, “your dad”) may be considered rude by some, thus والد (wālid) or بابا (bāba) are used instead. This is amplified and more visible in أمّ (umm, “mother”).

• There is a minor social taboo around referring to fathers by their names. So traditionally, they are referred to as "father of" and the name of one of their children. Like أبو أحمد (abū aḥmad, literally “Ahmad's father”) or أبو مريم (abū maryim, literally “Maryam's father”). This is also amplified and more visible in أمّ (umm).

• For adjectival use specific to the construct form, see أبو (abū).

• اب (alternative spelling)

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

أَبْ (ap)

1. not, neither, nor

   اَبْ بُو اَبْ اُولْ ― Ap bū ap ol. ― Neither this nor that.

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 34
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 15

From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

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”)

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

From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

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

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