See also: اب, آب, ات, آپ, and آت

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Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-, from the root ء ب و (ʔ b w). Cognate with Hebrew אָב ('áv). Compare Italian babbo.

    Root
    ء ب و (ʔ b w)
    5 terms

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    أَب (ʔabm (construct state أَبُو (ʔabū), dual أَبَوَانِ (ʔabawāni), plural آبَاء (ʔābāʔ))

    1. father
    2. ancestor, forefather
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    Declension
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    Declension of noun أَب (ʔab)
    singular singular long construct
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَب
    ʔab
    الْأَب
    al-ʔab
    أَبُو
    ʔabū
    nominative أَبٌ
    ʔabun
    الْأَبُ
    al-ʔabu
    أَبُو
    ʔabū
    accusative أَبًا
    ʔaban
    الْأَبَ
    al-ʔaba
    أَبَا
    ʔabā
    genitive أَبٍ
    ʔabin
    الْأَبِ
    al-ʔabi
    أَبِي
    ʔabī
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal أَبَوَيْن‎; أَبَيْن
    ʔabawayn‎; ʔabayn
    الْأَبَوَيْن‎; الْأَبَيْن
    al-ʔabawayn‎; al-ʔabayn
    أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
    ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
    nominative أَبَوَانِ‎; أَبَانِ
    ʔabawāni‎; ʔabāni
    الْأَبَوَانِ‎; الْأَبَانِ
    al-ʔabawāni‎; al-ʔabāni
    أَبَوَا‎; أَبَا
    ʔabawā‎; ʔabā
    accusative أَبَوَيْنِ‎; أَبَيْنِ
    ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni
    الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎; الْأَبَيْنِ
    al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni
    أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
    ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
    genitive أَبَوَيْنِ‎; أَبَيْنِ
    ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni
    الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎; الْأَبَيْنِ
    al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni
    أَبَوَيْ‎; أَبَيْ
    ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal آبَاء
    ʔābāʔ
    الْآبَاء
    al-ʔābāʔ
    آبَاء
    ʔābāʔ
    nominative آبَاءٌ
    ʔābāʔun
    الْآبَاءُ
    al-ʔābāʔu
    آبَاءُ
    ʔābāʔu
    accusative آبَاءً
    ʔābāʔan
    الْآبَاءَ
    al-ʔābāʔa
    آبَاءَ
    ʔābāʔa
    genitive آبَاءٍ
    ʔābāʔin
    الْآبَاءِ
    al-ʔābāʔi
    آبَاءِ
    ʔābāʔi
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    Coordinate terms
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    • (father): أُمّ (ʔumm, mother)
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    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    أُبْ (ʔub) (form I) /ʔub/

    1. second-person masculine singular imperative of آبَ (ʔāba)

    Etymology 3

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    Root
    ء ب ب (ʔ b b)
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    Verb

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    أَبَّ (ʔabba) I (first-person singular past أَبِبْتُ (ʔabibtu), non-past يَؤُبُّ (yaʔubbu), verbal noun أَبّ (ʔabb) or أَبَاب (ʔabāb) or أَبَابَة (ʔabāba))

    1. to put the hand to (as "to the sword")
    2. to move, agitate
    3. to long for one's homeland
    4. to prepare for a journey
    5. to intend
    6. to be straight , upright (as a road, conduct)
    7. to defeat
    Conjugation
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    Conjugation of أَبَّ (I, geminate, i ~ u, impersonal passive (?), verbal nouns أَبّ, أَبَاب, أَبَابَة)
    verbal noun
    الْمَصْدَر
    أَبّ, أَبَاب, أَبَابَة
    ʔabb, ʔabāb, ʔabāba
    active participle
    اِسْم الْفَاعِل
    ?
    ?
    passive participle
    اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
    مَأْبُوب
    maʔbūb
    active voice
    الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
    singular
    الْمُفْرَد
    dual
    الْمُثَنَّى
    plural
    الْجَمْع
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    past (perfect) indicative
    الْمَاضِي
    m أَبِبْتُ
    ʔabibtu
    أَبِبْتَ
    ʔabibta
    أَبَّ
    ʔabba
    أَبِبْتُمَا
    ʔabibtumā
    أَبَّا
    ʔabbā
    أَبِبْنَا
    ʔabibnā
    أَبِبْتُمْ
    ʔabibtum
    أَبُّوا
    ʔabbū
    f أَبِبْتِ
    ʔabibti
    أَبَّتْ
    ʔabbat
    أَبَّتَا
    ʔabbatā
    أَبِبْتُنَّ
    ʔabibtunna
    أَبِبْنَ
    ʔabibna
    non-past (imperfect) indicative
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
    m أَؤُبُّ
    ʔaʔubbu
    تَؤُبُّ
    taʔubbu
    يَؤُبُّ
    yaʔubbu
    تَؤُبَّانِ
    taʔubbāni
    يَؤُبَّانِ
    yaʔubbāni
    نَؤُبُّ
    naʔubbu
    تَؤُبُّونَ
    taʔubbūna
    يَؤُبُّونَ
    yaʔubbūna
    f تَؤُبِّينَ
    taʔubbīna
    تَؤُبُّ
    taʔubbu
    تَؤُبَّانِ
    taʔubbāni
    تَأْبُبْنَ
    taʔbubna
    يَأْبُبْنَ
    yaʔbubna
    subjunctive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
    m أَؤُبَّ
    ʔaʔubba
    تَؤُبَّ
    taʔubba
    يَؤُبَّ
    yaʔubba
    تَؤُبَّا
    taʔubbā
    يَؤُبَّا
    yaʔubbā
    نَؤُبَّ
    naʔubba
    تَؤُبُّوا
    taʔubbū
    يَؤُبُّوا
    yaʔubbū
    f تَؤُبِّي
    taʔubbī
    تَؤُبَّ
    taʔubba
    تَؤُبَّا
    taʔubbā
    تَأْبُبْنَ
    taʔbubna
    يَأْبُبْنَ
    yaʔbubna
    jussive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
    m أَؤُبَّ, أَؤُبِّ, آبُبْ
    ʔaʔubba, ʔaʔubbi, ʔābub
    تَؤُبَّ, تَؤُبِّ, تَأْبُبْ
    taʔubba, taʔubbi, taʔbub
    يَؤُبَّ, يَؤُبِّ, يَأْبُبْ
    yaʔubba, yaʔubbi, yaʔbub
    تَؤُبَّا
    taʔubbā
    يَؤُبَّا
    yaʔubbā
    نَؤُبَّ, نَؤُبِّ, نَأْبُبْ
    naʔubba, naʔubbi, naʔbub
    تَؤُبُّوا
    taʔubbū
    يَؤُبُّوا
    yaʔubbū
    f تَؤُبِّي
    taʔubbī
    تَؤُبَّ, تَؤُبِّ, تَأْبُبْ
    taʔubba, taʔubbi, taʔbub
    تَؤُبَّا
    taʔubbā
    تَأْبُبْنَ
    taʔbubna
    يَأْبُبْنَ
    yaʔbubna
    imperative
    الْأَمْر
    m أُبَّ, أُبِّ, اُؤْبُبْ
    ʔubba, ʔubbi, uʔbub
    أُبَّا
    ʔubbā
    أُبُّوا
    ʔubbū
    f أُبِّي
    ʔubbī
    اُؤْبُبْنَ
    uʔbubna
    passive voice
    الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
    singular
    الْمُفْرَد
    dual
    الْمُثَنَّى
    plural
    الْجَمْع
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    past (perfect) indicative
    الْمَاضِي
    m أُبَّ
    ʔubba
    f
    non-past (imperfect) indicative
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
    m يُؤَبُّ
    yuʔabbu
    f
    subjunctive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
    m يُؤَبَّ
    yuʔabba
    f
    jussive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
    m يُؤَبَّ, يُؤَبِّ, يُؤْبَبْ
    yuʔabba, yuʔabbi, yuʔbab
    f

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    أَبّ (ʔabbm (plural أَؤُبّ (ʔaʔubb))

    1. verbal noun of أَبّ (ʔabb, to intend, to prepare for a journey) (form I)
    2. intention
    3. travelling plan
    4. fodder, grass, meadow
    5. herbage (fresh or dry)
    6. herbage prepared for pasture
    7. dried fruits
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    Declension of noun أَبّ (ʔabb)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَبّ
    ʔabb
    الْأَبّ
    al-ʔabb
    أَبّ
    ʔabb
    nominative أَبٌّ
    ʔabbun
    الْأَبُّ
    al-ʔabbu
    أَبُّ
    ʔabbu
    accusative أَبًّا
    ʔabban
    الْأَبَّ
    al-ʔabba
    أَبَّ
    ʔabba
    genitive أَبٍّ
    ʔabbin
    الْأَبِّ
    al-ʔabbi
    أَبِّ
    ʔabbi
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal أَبَّيْن
    ʔabbayn
    الْأَبَّيْن
    al-ʔabbayn
    أَبَّيْ
    ʔabbay
    nominative أَبَّانِ
    ʔabbāni
    الْأَبَّانِ
    al-ʔabbāni
    أَبَّا
    ʔabbā
    accusative أَبَّيْنِ
    ʔabbayni
    الْأَبَّيْنِ
    al-ʔabbayni
    أَبَّيْ
    ʔabbay
    genitive أَبَّيْنِ
    ʔabbayni
    الْأَبَّيْنِ
    al-ʔabbayni
    أَبَّيْ
    ʔabbay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَؤُبّ
    ʔaʔubb
    الْأَؤُبّ
    al-ʔaʔubb
    أَؤُبّ
    ʔaʔubb
    nominative أَؤُبٌّ
    ʔaʔubbun
    الْأَؤُبُّ
    al-ʔaʔubbu
    أَؤُبُّ
    ʔaʔubbu
    accusative أَؤُبًّا
    ʔaʔubban
    الْأَؤُبَّ
    al-ʔaʔubba
    أَؤُبَّ
    ʔaʔubba
    genitive أَؤُبٍّ
    ʔaʔubbin
    الْأَؤُبِّ
    al-ʔaʔubbi
    أَؤُبِّ
    ʔaʔubbi

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    Noun

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    أبّ (abbm (construct state أبو (abū), plural أبّهات (abbahāt))

    1. Alternative spelling of ابّ

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ap.[1] Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ap).

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    أَبْ (ap)

    1. not, neither, nor
      اَبْ بُو اَبْ اُولْApap ol.Neither this nor that.

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    1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3

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    North Levantine Arabic

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

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    أب (ʔabbm (construct state أبو (ʔabu), plural أبات (ʔabbāt) or أبهات (ʔabbahāt) or أبوات (ʔabbawāt))

    1. (Syria) father
      Synonym: بي (bayy) (Lebanon)
      Coordinate term: إم (ʔimm, mother)

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    • When a suffix pronoun is added, either أب (ʔab-) or the construct form is used, e.g. أبي / أبوي (ʔabi / ʔabūy, my father).

    South Levantine Arabic

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic أَب (ʔab).

    Noun

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    أبّ (ʔabbm (construct state أبو (ʔabu), plural أبّهات (ʔabbahāt))

    1. Alternative form of أبو (ʔabu, father)