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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)
- (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)
- 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)
- father
- chief
- 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)
- (transitive) to carry on one's back
Corsican
Noun
abba f
- Alternative form of apa
Gothic
Romanization
abba
- 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
- 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)
- (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)
- 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)
- (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
- (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
- 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
- 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)
- water
- (by extension) rain
- Synonym: proja
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glee
English
Etymology
From Middle English gle, from Old English gl?o, gl??, gl?ow, gl?w (“glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery”), from Proto-Germanic *gl?w? (“joy, mirth”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?lew- (“to joke, make fun, enjoy”). Cognate with Scots gle, glie, glew (“game, play, sport, mirth, joy, rejoicing, entertainment, melody, music”), Old Norse gl? (“joy, glee, gladness”), Ancient Greek ????? (khleú?, “joke, jest, scorn”). A poetic word in Middle English, the word was obsolete by 1500, but revived late 18c.
Pronunciation
- enPR: gl?, IPA(key): /?li?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
glee (countable and uncountable, plural glees)
- (uncountable) Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- Synonyms: merriment, mirth, gaiety, gloat
- (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
- (music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
glee (third-person singular simple present glees, present participle gleeing, simple past and past participle gleed)
- To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).
Anagrams
- Egle, Lege, lege
Limburgish
Noun
glee f
- something that is wet because it has been pasted together
Inflection
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
See also
- èpperglieëdjómme
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh?y- (“to cleave, stick”). Compare German klein, Dutch klein.
Adjective
glee
- small
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