𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abba"

Gothic

Etymology

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא (aba).

Noun

𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰 • (abba) m

1. (hapax) father
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Galatians 4:6:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌿𐌸 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽: 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰, 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂!

     aþþan þatei sijuþ jus sunjus gudis, insandida guþ ahman sunaus seinis in hairtōna izwara hrōpjandan: abba, fadar!

     And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (KJV)

Declension

Indeclinable; the word seems to not have been in use in Gothic, and is only found as a transliteration: see the quotation above, and compare its translation in the King James Version.

Synonyms

• 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta)
• 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 1