אב

See also: אָבֿ, אָב, and Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Aramaic

Noun

אַב • (ʾaḇ) m

1. absolute form of אַבָּא (ʾabbā)

Proper noun

אָב • (ʾāḇ) m

1. August

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

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Hebrew

Root
א־ב (ʾ-b)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʔ)av/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔːv/

Noun

אָב • ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)

1. father, male parent
   • 2016, March 31, nrg

     יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […]

     Yo"R [yoshévet rósh] mérets gal'ón 'am'rá b'ik'vót sikható shel n'tanyáhu 'im 'aví hakhayál hayoré mekhevrón: […]

     Chairman of Meretz Gal-On said, following Netanyahu's conversation with the father of the shooting soldier from Hebron: […]

2. ancestor, forefather
3. progenitor
4. originator
5. prototype
6. (אַב, 'av) singular construct state form of אָב ('av)‎.

Usage notes

• In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.

Declension

Declension of אָב

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אָב	first	אָבִי		אָבִינוּ
	definite	הָאָב	second	אָבִיךָ	אָבִיךְ	אֲבִיכֶם	אֲבִיכֶן
	construct	אֲבִי־	third	אָבִיו	אָבִיהָ	אֲבִיהֶם	אֲבִיהֶן
plural	indefinite	אָבוֹת	first	אבותיי / אֲבוֹתַי		אֲבוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הָאָבוֹת	second	אֲבוֹתֶיךָ	אבותייך / אֲבוֹתַיִךְ	אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם	אֲבוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	אֲבוֹת־	third	אֲבוֹתָיו	אֲבוֹתֶיהָ	אֲבוֹתָם	אֲבוֹתָן

Derived terms

• אַבָּא (ába)
• אַבָּהוּת (abahút)
• אֲבָהִי (avahí)

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒌗𒉈 (^itiabu).

Proper noun

אָב • ('áv) 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

אֵב • ('év) m (plural indefinite איבים / אִבִּים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. swelling, spreading.
2. the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
3. (in the plural) state of growth, development.

Anagrams

• בא