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abba

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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gabba

English

Noun

gabba (countable and uncountable, plural gabbas)

  1. (music) Alternative spelling of gabber

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gabba.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ap?a

Verb

gabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gabbaði, supine gabbað)

  1. to befool

Conjugation


Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Noun

gabba f (plural gabbe)

  1. Alternative form of gabbo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gabba

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gabbare
  2. second-person singular imperative of gabbare

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këmpë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?kab?ba/

Noun

gabba

  1. white reindeer

Inflection

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gappon-, *gabb?n- (to joke), probably related to *gap?n (to gape). See Dutch gapen (to gape).

Verb

gabba

  1. (transitive) to mock, to make game of

Related terms

  • gabb

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gabba
  • ? Old French: gaber
    • Middle French: gaber
      • French: gaber

References

  • gabba in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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