different between abba vs abra

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”); see abbot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
• Rhymes: -æb?

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. Alternative form of aba

References

Anagrams

• AABB, baba

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, from a nursery word. Cognates include Somali aabo and Hebrew ???? (’ab?’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?b?/
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Noun

abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f)

1. father
2. chief
3. director

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
• Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, ?ISBN, page vi
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 113

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba/

Verb

abba (present abba, present participle abbaende, past participle geabba)

1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

Corsican

Noun

abba f

1. Alternative form of apa

Gothic

Romanization

abba

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

az (“that”) +? -ba (“into”). The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??b??]
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Pronoun

abba

1. illative singular of az

Usage notes

It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”). Doublet of abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/
• Rhymes: -abba
• Hyphenation: àb?ba

Noun

abba m (singular only)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) abba

Related terms

• abate

References

• abba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”), whence also Late Latin abb?s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/, [?äb?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/, [??b??]

Noun

abba m (indeclinable)

1. father

   Synonym: pater

Descendants

• ? Italian: abba
• Norwegian Bokmål: abba

References

• abba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• abba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (??, happa).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [?pp??], (enunciated) [?p? p??]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /?æp?p?æ?/
• Bender phonemes: {habbah}

Noun

abba (construct form abbain)

1. (alienable) dynamite

Synonyms

• bo?kutan?

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abba (“father”), from Ancient Greek ???? (abba, “father, title of respect given to abbots”), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father, teacher, ancestor, leader”), from Proto-Semitic *?abw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbed and abbé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?a/
• Rhymes: -ab?a
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Noun

abba

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Abba or Father (when speaking directly with God through prayer)

References

• “abba” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abba” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• baba

Nyunga

Interjection

abba

1. g'day

References

• 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.

Old Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abba.

Noun

abba m

1. abbot

Inflection

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *ak??, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?. Compare Romanian ap?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/

Noun

abba f (plural abbas)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain

   Synonym: proja

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æb??/, /???b??/

Etymology 1

From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven.

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

Translations

Etymology 2

From Gulf Arabic ???????? (?abra).

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

Translations

References

• Abra at the Phrontistery

Anagrams

• Abar, Arab, Baar, Raab, arba, bara

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1440. Borrowed from Old French havre, from Middle Dutch havene, from Proto-Germanic *habn? (“harvour, haven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??a?/

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. creek, inlet, bay
   • 1440, Miguel González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 619:

     en todo o porto et abra desta dita uilla

     in the whole harbor and bay of said town

Derived terms

• Abrela

References

• “abra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Verb

abra

1. (archaic, Munster) present subjunctive analytic of abair

   Synonym: (standard) deire

Mutation

Latin

Pronunciation

• abra: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.bra/, [?äb?ä]
• abra: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.bra/, [???b??]
• abr?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.bra?/, [?äb?ä?]
• abr?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.bra/, [???b??]

Noun

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

2. vocative singular of abra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Noun

abr?

1. ablative singular of abra

References

• abra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

abra

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of abrir
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of abrir
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of abrir
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of abrir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?a/, [?a.???a]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French havre.

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. small bay, inlet
2. (Latin America) glade, clearing

Usage notes

• The feminine noun abra is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el abra

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Descendants

• ? English: abra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

abra

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abrir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of abrir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of abrir.

Further reading

• “abra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English over.

Preposition

abra

1. over

Verb

abra

1. to cross (to go to the other side)

Turkish

Noun

abra (definite accusative abray?, plural abralar)

1. counterweight, makeweight

Declension

Further reading

• abra in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu