abba

See also: Abba and abba-

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא‎/ܐܒܐ‎ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”); see abbot.

Pronunciation

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.[1]

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

  1. Alternative form of aba

References

  1. ↑ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1

Anagrams

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin apis

Noun

abba f (plural abbi)

  1. bee

Gothic

Romanization

abba

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Etymology

az +‎ -ba. The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒbːɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ba

Pronoun

abba

  1. illative singular of az
    Abba a dobozba rakd a ruhákat. - Put the clothes into that box.

Usage notes

It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא‎/ܐܒܐ‎ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈab.ba/, [ˈäbːä]
  • Rhymes: -abba
  • Stress: àbba
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ba

Noun

abba m (singular only)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) abba

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese はっぱ (発破, happa).

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {habbah}
  • IPA(key): /ɰapˠpˠaɰ/, [ɑ̯ɑpˠpˠɑɑ̯]

Noun

abba

  1. dynamite

References

Nyunga

Interjection

abba

  1. g'day

References

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Old Frisian

Noun

abba m

  1. an abbot

Declension

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare Romanian apă.

Noun

abba

  1. water
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