أب

See also: اب‎, آب‎, ات‎, آپ‎, and آت‎

ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ʔab/
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NounEdit

أَب • (ʾab) m (construct state أَبُو‎ (ʾabū), dual أَبَوَانِ‎ (ʾabawāni), plural آبَاء‎ (ʾābāʾ), feminine أُمّ‎ (ʾumm))

Usage notesEdit

This word has the irregular vocative forms أَبَتَ‎ (ʾabata) and أَبَتِ‎ (ʾabati).

DeclensionEdit

Declension of noun أَب (ʾab)

Singular	singular long construct
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَب ʾab	الْأَب‎ al-ʾab	أَبُو‎ ʾabū
Nominative	أَبٌ ʾabun	الْأَبُ‎ al-ʾabu	أَبُو‎ ʾabū
Accusative	أَبًا‎ ʾaban	الْأَبَ‎ al-ʾaba	أَبَا‎ ʾabā
Genitive	أَبٍ ʾabin	الْأَبِ‎ al-ʾabi	أَبِي‎ ʾabī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَوَيْن‎‎; أَبَيْن‎ ʾabawayn‎; ʾabayn	الْأَبَوَيْن‎‎; الْأَبَيْن‎ al-ʾabawayn‎; al-ʾabayn	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʾabaway‎; ʾabay
Nominative	أَبَوَانِ‎‎; أَبَانِ‎ ʾabawāni‎; ʾabāni	الْأَبَوَانِ‎‎; الْأَبَانِ‎ al-ʾabawāni‎; al-ʾabāni	أَبَوَا‎‎; أَبَا‎ ʾabawā‎; ʾabā
Accusative	أَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; أَبَيْنِ‎ ʾabawayni‎; ʾabayni	الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; الْأَبَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabawayni‎; al-ʾabayni	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʾabaway‎; ʾabay
Genitive	أَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; أَبَيْنِ‎ ʾabawayni‎; ʾabayni	الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; الْأَبَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabawayni‎; al-ʾabayni	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʾabaway‎; ʾabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آبَاء‎ ʾābāʾ	الْآبَاء‎ al-ʾābāʾ	آبَاء‎ ʾābāʾ
Nominative	آبَاءٌ‎ ʾābāʾun	الْآبَاءُ‎ al-ʾābāʾu	آبَاءُ‎ ʾābāʾu
Accusative	آبَاءً‎ ʾābāʾan	الْآبَاءَ‎ al-ʾābāʾa	آبَاءَ‎ ʾābāʾa
Genitive	آبَاءٍ‎ ʾābāʾin	الْآبَاءِ‎ al-ʾābāʾi	آبَاءِ‎ ʾābāʾi

SynonymsEdit

(father): وَالِد‎ (wālid)

DescendantsEdit

→ Abkhaz-Abaza: *abá
- Abaza: аба (ābā)
- Abkhaz: аб (āb)
→ Assamese: আব্বা (abba)
→ Bengali: আব্বা (abba)
→ Urdu: ابو‎ (abbū)
→ Maltese: bu (“construct state, only used in some surnames and place names”)
→ Swahili: bwana
- → Chichewa: bwana
- → English: bwana
→ Medieval Latin: borago, borrāgō
- Italian: borragine, borraggine
- Old French: borage
  - French: bourrache
  - → English: borage
  - → Irish: borráiste
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
  - Catalan: borratja
    - → Spanish: borraja
- Old Portuguese: *borragẽ
  - Galician: borraxe
  - Portuguese: borragem
- → Bulgarian: пореч (poreč)
- → Middle Dutch: borage
  - Dutch: bernagie
- → Greek: μποράγο (borágo)
- → Polish: burak
  - → Belarusian: бура́к (burák)
  - → Russian: буря́к (burják)
  - → Ukrainian: буря́к (burják)
  - → Yiddish: בוריק‎ (burik)
- → Middle Low German: boragie, borraghe
- → Middle High German: boretsch, buretsch
  - German: Boretsch
- → Slovak: borága
⇒ Arabic: أَبُو حِبَاب‎ (ʾabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”)
- → Medieval Latin: bahobab
  - - → Armenian: բաոբաբ (baobab)
    - → Danish: baobab
    - → Dutch: baobab
    - → English: baobab
      - → Japanese: バオバブ (baobabu)
    - → French: baobab
      - Mauritian Creole: baobab
      - → Vietnamese: bao báp
    - → Italian: baobab
    - → Polish: baobab
    - → Portuguese: baobá
    - → Russian: баобаб (baobab)
    - → Spanish: baobab
⇒ Arabic: أَبُو المِسْك‎ (ʾabū l-misk, “father of musk”)
- → Italian: abelmosch
  - → New Latin: abelmoschus
    - → Dutch: abelmos
    - → English: abelmosk
    - → Portuguese: abelmosco
    - → Spanish: abelmosco
      - → Italian: abelmosco

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

أُبْ • (ʾub) (form I)

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

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