авва

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Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄββας (ábbas), from Aramaic אבא (aba, father).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈaʋʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈaʋʋa/

Noun[edit]

авва (avva)

  1. father

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: а́вва m (ávva)

References[edit]

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “авва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 5

Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

а́вва (ávvam anim (genitive а́ввы, nominative plural а́ввы, genitive plural авв)

  1. (dated, Eastern Orthodoxy) Abba

Declension[edit]