ἀββα
Appearance
See also: αββά and Appendix:Variations of "abba"
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā, “father”).
The semantic shift from 'father' to 'abbot' is due to abbots being considered as fathers to the rest of the priests in the abbey, for being the wisest and more experienced.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ab.baː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ab.ba/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aβ.βa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /av.va/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.va/
Noun
[edit]ἀββᾱ • (abbā) m (indeclinable)
Descendants
[edit]- Borrowings
- → Coptic: ⲁⲡⲁ (apa), ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba) (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰 (abba)
- → Latin: abbās (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: abba (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: աբբայ (abbay)
- Armenian: աբբա (abba)
References
[edit]- ἀββα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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