abba

See also Abba

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”); see abbot.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, æˈbɑ/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈæb.ə/, æˈbɑ/
• Rhymes: -æbə

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. Alternative form of aba.

Anagrams

• abab, baba

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Gothic

Romanization

abba

1. See 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰

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Hungarian

Etymology

Illative singular of az - az (that) + -ba (into); the z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒbːɒ/
• Hyphenation: ab‧ba

Pronoun

abba

1. into that, to that, there

   Abba a dobozba rakd a ruhákat. - Put the clothes into that box.

Usage notes

It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.

See also

• ebbe

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Marshallese

Etymology

From Japanese はっぱ (発破, happa).

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {habbah}
• IPA Phonemes: /ɰapˠpˠaɰ/
• IPA Articulation: [ɑ̯ɑpˠpˠɑɑ̯]

Noun

abba

1. dynamite

References

• Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare Romanian apă.

Noun

abba

1. water