אב
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Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]אַב • (ʾaḇ) m
- absolute form of אַבָּא (ʾabbā)
Proper noun
[edit]אָב • (ʾāv) m
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ˀb2”, 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, page 1
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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א־ב (ʾ-b) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of אַבָּא (ába), which was borrowed from Aramaic. Cognate with Arabic أب.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaːb/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔːv/, [ˈʔɔː.ɔv]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔv/, [ˈʔɔːv]
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔab/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ab/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɔv/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)av/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]אָב • ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)
- father, male parent
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […]
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- ancestor, forefather
- progenitor
- originator
- prototype
Usage notes
[edit]- In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of אָב
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אָב | first | אָבִי | אָבִינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָב | second | אָבִיךָ | אָבִיךְ | אֲבִיכֶם | אֲבִיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבִי־ | third | אָבִיו | אָבִיהָ | אֲבִיהֶם | אֲבִיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | אָבוֹת | first | אבותיי / אֲבוֹתַי | אֲבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָבוֹת | second | אֲבוֹתֶיךָ | אבותייך / אֲבוֹתַיִךְ | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבוֹת־ | third | אֲבוֹתָיו | אֲבוֹתֶיהָ | אֲבוֹתָם | אֲבוֹתָן |
Derived terms
[edit]- אַבָּא (ába)
- אַבָּהוּת (abahút)
- אֲבָהִי (avahí)
- אבות אכלו בוסר ושיני בנים תקהינה / אָבוֹת אָכְלוּ בֹּסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי בָּנִים תִּקְהֶינָה ('avót 'akh'lú bóser v'shinéi baním tikhéna)
- אַב טִיפּוּס (av tipús)
- אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil)
- אֲבִי הָעוֹרְקִים ('aví ha'orkím)
- אֲבִיעֶזֶר
- אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (avishalóm)
- אַבְנֵר (avnér)
- אַבְרָהָם (avrahám)
- אַבְרָם (avrám)
- תָּכְנִית אָב (tokhnít-áv)
Noun
[edit]אַב • (av)
- singular construct state form of אָב ('av).
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]אָב • ('áv) m
- (Judaism) Av (the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul)
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 4:6:
- חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים אֵרְעוּ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְּתִשְׁעָה בְאָב.
- Ḥamishá d'varím er'ú et avoténu b-shiv'a 'asár b-Tammúz, va-ḥamishá b-tish'á b-Av.
- Five things befell our ancestors on the seventeenth of Tammuz, and five things on the ninth of Av.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 29a:
- אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר שִׁילַת מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמִּשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אָב מְמַעֲטִין בְּשִׂמְחָה — כָּךְ מִשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אֲדָר מַרְבִּין בְּשִׂמְחָה.
- Amár Rav Y'hudá b'reih d-rav Shmuél bar Shilat mi-shmeih d-Rav: k-shem she-mi-she-nikhnás Av m'ma'tín b-simḥá — kakh mi-she-nikhnás Adár marbín b-simḥá.
- Said R. Judah son of Rav Shmuel son of Sheilath, in the name of Rav: just as when Av comes one decreases rejoicing, so too when Adar comes one increases rejoicing.
Descendants
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב (tish'a b'áv)
See also
[edit]- (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול (Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)
Further reading
[edit]אב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 3
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א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b) |
Related to Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum), Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “meadow”), Aramaic אִנְבָּא.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔib/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔeːv/, [ˈʔeː.ev]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔev/, [ˈʔeːv]
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔeb/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)eb/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ejv/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ev/
Noun
[edit]אֵב • ('év) m (plural indefinite איבים / אִבִּים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- swelling, spreading.
- the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
- Tanach, Song of Songs 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל
- el-ginnát egóz yarádti lir.ot bəibbḗ hannáḥal
- I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley
- (in the plural) state of growth, development
Derived terms
[edit]- אֲבָבִית (avavít)
Anagrams
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