ܐܒܐ

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

• IPA^(key): [ʔăvɑ]

ܐܒܐ • (ʾăḇāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܗܬܐ‎ or ܐܒܗܐ‎, singular feminine counterpart ܐܡܐ‎)

1. father
2. (in the plural) parents
3. (figuratively) forefather, ancestor, progenitor
4. monk, abbot; bishop
5. chief, leader
6. (figuratively) author, originator, founder, inventor
7. teacher

• Usually, the plural ܐܒܗܐ‎ (ʾăḇāhēʾ) is used for literal senses while ܐܒܗܬܐ‎ (ʾăḇāhāṯāʾ) is used for figurative senses.
• The word ܐܒܐ‎ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܚܐ‎ (ʾăḥāʾ, “brother”) and ܚܡܐ‎ (ḥəmāʾ, “father-in-law”).

• ܐܒܗܘܬܐ‎ (ʾăḇāhūṯāʾ)
• ܐܒܘܬܐ‎ (ʾăḇūṯāʾ)
• ܐܒܝܐ‎ (ʾăḇāyāʾ)

Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܐܢܒܐ‎ (ʾenbāʾ), possibly from Akkadian 𒄧 (/inbu/). Compare Hebrew אֵב‎ (ʾēḇ).

• ܐܒܒܐ‎

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛbbɑ], [ʔabbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛbbe], [ʔabbe], [ʔɛbbɑne], [ʔabbɑne] (plural)

ܐܒܐ • (ʾebbāʾ, ʾabbāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܢܐ‎ or ܐܒܐ)

1. produce, fruit, vegetable

A dialect variation of ܥܒܐ‎ (/ʿabbā/, “spiny-tailed lizard”), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb- (“a type of lizard or reptile; creature that cleaves to the ground”). Compare Arabic ضَبّ‎ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב‎ (ṣaḇ, “turtle”).

• IPA^(key): [ʔabbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔabbe] (plural)

ܐܒܐ • (ʾabbāʾ) m (plural ܐܒܐ)

1. crocodile

• “ˀb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-10
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 1a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 1b-2a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1