אבא
(Redirected from אַבָּא)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"
Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- Syriac: ܐܒܐ
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-.
Noun edit
אַבָּא • (ʾabbā) m (plural אֲבָהָתָא, singular construct אֲבוּ, feminine counterpart אִמָּא)
- father, ancestor, progenitor
- Targum Onkelos, B'midbar 27:6-7
- וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה לְמֵימָר: יָאוּת בְּנַת צְלָפְחָד מְמַלְּלָן מִתַּן תִּתֵּן לְהוֹן אֲחוּדַת אַחֲסָנָא בְּגוֹ אֲחֵי אֲבוּהֶן וְתַעֲבַר יָת אַחֲסָנַת אֲבוּהֶן לְהֵן:
- waʔămar yəyā ləmōše ləmēmār - yāʔūθ bənaθ sˁəlāp̄ħāð məmalləlān mittan tittēn ləhōn ʔăħūðaθ ʔaħăsānā bəɣō ˀăħē ʔăvūhen wəθaˤăvar yāθ ʔaħăsānaθ ʔăvūhen ləhēn.
- And Hashem spoke to Moshe to say, "What Tselofkhad's daughters say is correct; you shall certainly give them the inheritance of property among the brothers of their father and you will transfer their father's property to them."
- Targum Onkelos, B'midbar 27:6-7
- teacher
- chief, leader
- author, originator
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
אבא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבנא or אבא)
References edit
- “ˀb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. Doublet of אָב ('áv), which is inherited.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba/
Audio (IL) (file)
Noun edit
אַבָּא • (ába) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, feminine counterpart אמא)
- (colloquial) Dad, daddy.
- 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא
- אבא, אני רוצה לעמוד מולך
להאמין שאתה אבא טוב
אבא, אני צריך לדעת שאתה אוהב אותי
ככה סתם אבא טוב- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא
- (Rabbinic Hebrew) Father, especially the speaker's own father.