аб

See also: яб and Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Abaza

Etymology

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Noun

аб • (ab)

1. wether, male castrated goat

Abkhaz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *abá. Cognate with Abaza аба́ (abá).

Noun

аб • (ab) (plural абацәа́)

1. father

Azerbaijani

Noun

аб (definite accusative абы, plural аблар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of ab

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ab — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ob. Compare Russian об (ob) and Ukrainian об (ob).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap]

Preposition

аб • (ab) (+ locative case, or, + accusative case)

1. about

   Synonym: пра (pra)

Usage notes

With the accusative case аб primarily denotes physical contact, collision, or interaction:

• біць аб сцяну

  bicʹ ab scjanu

  to beat against a wall

With the locative case аб denotes the object of thought, speech, or feeling:

• чуць аб кім-чым

  čucʹ ab kim-čym

  to hear about someone/something

Additionally, аб + accusative case is used colloquially to indicate a time frame within which an action is completed:

• вярнуцца аб дзень

  vjarnucca ab dzjenʹ

  to return within a day

References

• “аб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “аб”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap]

• Audio:

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Noun

аб • (ab) f anim pl

1. inflection of а́ба (ába):
   1. genitive plural
   2. animate accusative plural

Tajik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-

Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-

Arabic أَب (ʔab)bor.

Classical Persian اَب (ab)

Tajik аб

Inherited from Classical Persian اَب (ab), from Arabic أَب (ʔab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab/, [ʔäb]

Noun

аб • (ab) (Persian spelling اب)

1. (literary or poetic) father

   Synonyms: падар (padar), волид (volid)