أب

See also: اب, آب, ات, آپ, and آت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-, from the root ء ب و (ʾ-b-w)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔab/
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Noun

أَب (ʾab) m (construct state أَبُو (ʾabū), dual أَبَوَان (ʾabawān) or أَبَان (ʾabān), plural آبَاء (ʾābāʾ), feminine أُمّ (ʾumm))

  1. father
  2. ancestor, forefather
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Etymology 2

Verb

أُبْ (ʾub) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of آبَ (ʾāba)

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 69–72 (for etymology of the vocative forms)
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), أبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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