ἀββα
See also: αββά and Appendix:Variations of "abba"
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾaḇā, “father”)
The semantic shift from 'father' to 'abbot' is due to abbots being considered as fathers to the rest of the priests in the abbey, for being the wisest and more experienced.
Pronunciation
edit- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aβ.βa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /av.va/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.va/
Noun
editἀββᾱ • (abbā) m (indeclinable) indeclinable (Koine)
Descendants
edit- see the declinable ἀββᾶς (abbâs)
- Borrowings
- → Coptic: ⲁⲡⲁ (apa), ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba) (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰 (abba)
- → Latin: abbās (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: abba (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: աբբայ (abbay)
- Armenian: աբբա (abba)
Further reading
edit- ἀββα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ἀββα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
and see ἀββᾶς (abbâs)
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