אבא

• Syriac: ܐܒܐ‎

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

אַבָּא • (ʾabbā) m (plural אֲבָהָתָא‎, singular construct אֲבוּ‎, feminine counterpart אִמָּא‎)

1. father, ancestor, progenitor
2. teacher
3. chief, leader
4. author, originator

• → Ancient Greek: ἀββα (abba), ἀββά (abbá), ἀββᾶ (abbâ), ἀββᾶς (abbâs)
  • Greek: αββάς (avvás), αβάς (avás)
  • → Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰 (abba)
  • → Latin: abbās (see there for further descendants)
  • → Latin: abba
    • Italian: abba
    • → Old Frisian: abba
    • → Middle English: abba
      • English: abba, Abba
  • → Old Armenian: աբբայ (abbay)
    • Armenian: աբբա (abba)

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛbɑʔ/

אבא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבנא‎ or אבא)

1. thicket, woods, grove
2. produce, fruit, vegetable

• “ˀb”, 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
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ba]

אַבָּא • (ába) m (feminine counterpart אמא‎)

1. (colloquial) Dad, daddy.
   • 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא

     אבא, אני רוצה לעמוד מולך

     להאמין שאתה אבא טוב

     אבא, אני צריך לדעת שאתה אוהב אותי

     ככה סתם אבא טוב

2. (Rabbinic Hebrew) Father, especially the speaker's own father.

• אב‎