אב
Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
אַב • (ʾaḇ) m
- absolute form of אַבָּא (ʾabbā)
Proper noun edit
אָב • (ʾāv) m
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ˀb2”, 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, page 1
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
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א־ב (ʾ-b) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of אַבָּא (ába), which was borrowed from Aramaic. Cognate with Arabic أب.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)av/
- (Biblical Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔːv/
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Noun edit
אָב • ('áv) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)
- father, male parent
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […]
- 2016, March 31, nrg
- ancestor, forefather
- progenitor
- originator
- prototype
Usage notes edit
- In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.
Declension edit
Declension of אָב
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אָב | first | אָבִי | אָבִינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָב | second | אָבִיךָ | אָבִיךְ | אֲבִיכֶם | אֲבִיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבִי־ | third | אָבִיו | אָבִיהָ | אֲבִיהֶם | אֲבִיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | אָבוֹת | first | אבותיי / אֲבוֹתַי | אֲבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָבוֹת | second | אֲבוֹתֶיךָ | אבותייך / אֲבוֹתַיִךְ | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | אֲבוֹת־ | third | אֲבוֹתָיו | אֲבוֹתֶיהָ | אֲבוֹתָם | אֲבוֹתָן |
Derived terms edit
- אַבָּא (ába)
- אַבָּהוּת (abahút)
- אֲבָהִי (avahí)
- אבות אכלו בוסר ושיני בנים תקהינה / אָבוֹת אָכְלוּ בֹּסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי בָּנִים תִּקְהֶינָה ('avót 'akh'lú bóser v'shinéi baním tikhéna)
- אַב טִיפּוּס (av tipús)
- אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil)
- אֲבִי הָעוֹרְקִים ('aví ha'orkím)
- אֲבִיעֶזֶר
- אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (avishalóm)
- אַבְנֵר (avnér)
- אַבְרָהָם (avrahám)
- אַבְרָם (avrám)
- תָּכְנִית אָב (tokhnít-áv)
Noun edit
אַב • (av)
- Singular construct state form of אָב ('av).
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
אָב • ('áv) m
- Av, the fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days) beginning between the eighth of July and the seventh of August, and ending between the sixth of August and the fifth of September.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 4:6:
- חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים אֵרְעוּ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְּתִשְׁעָה בְאָב.
- Ḥamishá d'varím er'ú et avoténu b-shiv'a 'asár b-Tammúz, va-ḥamishá b-tish'á b-Av.
- Five things befell our ancestors on the seventeenth of Tammuz, and five things on the ninth of Av.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 29a:
- אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר שִׁילַת מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמִּשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אָב מְמַעֲטִין בְּשִׂמְחָה — כָּךְ מִשֶּׁנִּכְנַס אֲדָר מַרְבִּין בְּשִׂמְחָה.
- Amár Rav Y'hudá b'reih d-rav Shmuél bar Shilat mi-shmeih d-Rav: k-shem she-mi-she-nikhnás Av m'ma'tín b-simḥá — kakh mi-she-nikhnás Adár marbín b-simḥá.
- Said R. Judah son of Rav Shmuel son of Sheilath, in the name of Rav: just as when Av comes one decreases rejoicing, so too when Adar comes one increases rejoicing.
Descendants edit
See also edit
- (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול (Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)
Etymology 3 edit
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א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b) |
Related to Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum), Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “meadow”), Aramaic אִנְבָּא.
Noun edit
אֵב • ('év) m (plural indefinite איבים / אִבִּים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- swelling, spreading.
- the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
- Tanach, Song of Songs 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל
- el-ginnát egóz yarádti lir.ot bəibbḗ hannáḥal
- I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley
- (in the plural) state of growth, development
Derived terms edit
- אֲבָבִית (avavít)