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