אבוב

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabˈbuːβ/

Noun

אַבּוּב • (abbūḇ) m

1. singular absolute/construct state of אַבּוּבָא (abbūḇā, “reed; flute; tube”)

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)
6 terms

Etymology

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”).

The Modern Hebrew sense is a phono-semantic matching of English oboe.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/

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Noun

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

1. reed, flute
2. pipe, tube
3. inner tube
4. a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports

Noun

אַבּוּב • (abúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, music) oboe

Declension

Declension of אַבּוּב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אַבּוּב	first	אַבּוּבִי		אַבּוּבֵנוּ
	definite	הָאַבּוּב	second	אַבּוּבְךָ	אַבּוּבֵךְ	אַבּוּבְכֶם	אַבּוּבְכֶן
	construct	אַבּוּב־	third	אַבּוּבוֹ	אַבּוּבָהּ	אַבּוּבָם	אַבּוּבָן
plural	indefinite	אַבּוּבִים	first	אבוביי / אַבּוּבַי		אַבּוּבֵינוּ
	definite	הָאַבּוּבִים	second	אַבּוּבֶיךָ	אבובייך / אַבּוּבַיִךְ	אַבּוּבֵיכֶם	אַבּוּבֵיכֶן
	construct	אַבּוּבֵי־	third	אַבּוּבָיו	אַבּוּבֶיהָ	אַבּוּבֵיהֶם	אַבּוּבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• אַבּוּבָן (abuván)
• שֶׁנַּבּוּב (shenabúv)

Further reading

• “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "אבוב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• אבוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he