أب

See also: اب‎, آب‎, ات‎, آپ‎, and آت‎

أب - Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA: /ʔab/

Noun

أَب • (ʔab) m, construct state أَبُو‎ (ʔabū), dual أَبَوَانِ‎ (ʔabawāni), plural آبَاء‎ (ʔābāʔ)

Usage notes

This word has the irregular vocative forms أَبَتَ‎ (ʔabata) and أَبَتِ‎ (ʔabati).

Declension

Singular	singular long construct
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَب ʔab	الْأَب‎ al-ʔab	أَبُو‎ ʔabū
Nominative	أَبٌ ʔabun	الْأَبُ‎ al-ʔabu	أَبُو‎ ʔabū
Accusative	أَبًا‎ ʔaban	الْأَبَ‎ al-ʔaba	أَبَا‎ ʔabā
Genitive	أَبٍ ʔabin	الْأَبِ‎ al-ʔabi	أَبِي‎ ʔabī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَوَيْن‎‎; أَبَيْن‎ ʔabawayn‎; ʔabayn	الْأَبَوَيْن‎‎; الْأَبَيْن‎ al-ʔabawayn‎; al-ʔabayn	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Nominative	أَبَوَانِ‎‎; أَبَانِ‎ ʔabawāni‎; ʔabāni	الْأَبَوَانِ‎‎; الْأَبَانِ‎ al-ʔabawāni‎; al-ʔabāni	أَبَوَا‎‎; أَبَا‎ ʔabawā‎; ʔabā
Accusative	أَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; أَبَيْنِ‎ ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni	الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; الْأَبَيْنِ‎ al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Genitive	أَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; أَبَيْنِ‎ ʔabawayni‎; ʔabayni	الْأَبَوَيْنِ‎‎; الْأَبَيْنِ‎ al-ʔabawayni‎; al-ʔabayni	أَبَوَيْ‎‎; أَبَيْ‎ ʔabaway‎; ʔabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آبَاء‎ ʔābāʔ	الْآبَاء‎ al-ʔābāʔ	آبَاء‎ ʔābāʔ
Nominative	آبَاءٌ‎ ʔābāʔun	الْآبَاءُ‎ al-ʔābāʔu	آبَاءُ‎ ʔābāʔu
Accusative	آبَاءً‎ ʔābāʔan	الْآبَاءَ‎ al-ʔābāʔa	آبَاءَ‎ ʔābāʔa
Genitive	آبَاءٍ‎ ʔābāʔin	الْآبَاءِ‎ al-ʔābāʔi	آبَاءِ‎ ʔābāʔi

Synonyms

(father): وَالِد‎ (wālid)

Coordinate terms

(father): أُمّ‎ (ʔumm)

Descendants

→ Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *abá
- Abaza: аба (aba)
- Abkhaz: аб (ab)
→ Assamese: আব্বা (abba)
→ Bengali: আব্বা (abba)
→ Urdu: ابو‎ (abbū)
→ Maltese: bu (“construct state, only used in some surnames and place names”)
→ Rohingya: abba
→ Swahili: bwana
- → Chichewa: bwana
- → English: bwana
→ Ottoman Turkish: اب‎ (eb)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ابوین‎ (from dual أَبَوَيْن)
- Turkish: ebeveyn
→ Medieval Latin: borago, borrāgō
- Italian: borragine, borraggine
- Old French: borage
  - French: bourrache
  - → English: borage
  - → Irish: borráiste
- Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: borratja
    - → Spanish: borraja
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *borragẽ
  - Galician: borraxe
  - Portuguese: borragem
- Sicilian: vurràjina
- → Bulgarian: пореч (poreč)
- → Middle Dutch: borage
  - Dutch: bernagie
- → Greek: μποράγο (borágo)
- → Polish: burak
  - → Belarusian: бура́к (burák)
  - → Russian: буря́к (burják)
  - → Ukrainian: буря́к (burják)
  - → Yiddish: בוריק‎ (burik)
- → Middle Low German: boragie, borraghe
- → Middle High German: boretsch, buretsch
  - German: Borretsch
- → Slovak: borága
⇒ Arabic: أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū 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 (ʔabū l-misk, “father of musk”)
- → Italian: abelmosch
  - → New Latin: abelmoschus
    - → Dutch: abelmos
    - → English: abelmosk
    - → Portuguese: abelmosco
    - → Spanish: abelmosco
      - → Italian: abelmosco
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus

Verb

أُبْ • (ʔub) (form I)

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

أب - North Levantine Arabic

Noun

أب • (ʔabb) m, construct state أبو‎ (ʔabu), plural أبات‎ (ʔabbāt) or أبهات‎ (ʔabbahāt) or أبوات‎ (ʔabbawāt)

(Syria) father
- Synonym: بي‎ (bayy) [Lebanon]
- Coordinate term: إم‎ (ʔimm, “mother”)

Usage notes

When a suffix pronoun is added, either أب‎ (ʔab-) or the construct form is used, e.g. أبي / أبوي‎ (ʔabi / ʔabūy, “my father”).

أب - South Levantine Arabic

Noun

أبّ • (ʔabb) m, construct state أبو‎ (ʔabu), plural أبّهات‎ (ʔabbahāt)

Alternative form of أبو‎ (ʔabu, “father”)