אב

See also Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Aramaic

Noun

אב m

1. absolute form of אבא

Proper noun

אב m

1. August

References

• Marcus Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, 1903

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Noun

אָב (áv) m (plural indefinite form אָבוֹת, singular construct form אַב; feminine counterpart אֵם)

1. father, male parent
2. ancestor, forefather
3. progenitor
4. originator
5. prototype

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).

Proper noun

אָב (āv) m

1. Av, the fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days) beginning between the eighth of July and the seventh of August, and ending between the sixth of August and the fifth of September.

Descendants

• English: Av, Ab
• German: Aw

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

Etymology 3

Noun

אֵב (ēv) m; also אֵיב (ēv)

1. swelling, spreading.
2. the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
3. (pl: אִבִּין [ibin], אִיבִּין [ibin]) state of growth, development.

Anagrams

• בא