أب

See also: اب‎, آب‎, ات‎, آپ‎, and آت‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔab/
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Noun

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

(father): وَالِد‎ (wālid)

Descendants

→ Abkhaz-Abaza: *abá
- Abaza: аба (ābā)
- Abkhaz: аб (āb)
→ Assamese: আব্বা (abba)
→ Bengali: আব্বা (abba)
→ Swahili: bwana
- → Chichewa: bwana
- → English: bwana
- → Medieval Latin: borago
  - Italian: borragine, borraggine
  - Old French: borage
    - French: bourrache
    - → English: borage
    - → Irish: borráiste
  - Old Occitan: [Term?]
    - Catalan: borratja
      - → Spanish: borraja
  - Old Portuguese: [Term?]
    - Galician: borraxe
    - Portuguese: borragem
  - → Bulgarian: пореч (poreč)
  - → Greek: μποράγο (borágo)
  - → 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 2

Verb

أُبْ • (ʾub) (form I)

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

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