אב
Aramaic
Noun
אַב • (ʾaḇ) m
- absolute form of אַבָּא (ʾabbā)
Proper noun
אָב • (ʾāḇ) m
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
Hebrew
Root |
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א־ב (ʾ-b) |
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.
Pronunciation
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- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔːv/
Noun
אָב • ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)
- father, male parent
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […]
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- ancestor, forefather
- progenitor
- originator
- prototype
- (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 | |||||
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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
Etymology 2
Proper noun
אָב • ('áv) m
- 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
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]
- swelling, spreading.
- the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
- (in the plural) state of growth, development.
Anagrams
Categories:
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- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
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