אבא

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Contents 1 Aramaic 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.4 References 2 Hebrew 2.1 Noun

[edit] Aramaic

[edit] Alternative spellings

• Syriac: ܐܒܐ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔabɑʔ/

[edit] Noun

אבא m (plural אבהתא ,אבהא ; feminine counterpart אמא)

1. father, ancestor, progenitor
2. teacher
3. chief, leader
4. author, originator

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɛbɑʔ/

[edit] Noun

אבא m (plural אבנא ,אבא)

1. thicket, woods, grove
2. produce, fruit, vegetable

[edit] References

• Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
• Marcus Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, 1903
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902

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[edit] Hebrew

[edit] Noun

אַבָּא (ába) m.

1. (colloquial) daddy
2. (Rabbinic Hebrew) father, especially: my father