Aramaic

Noun

אַב • ‎(ʾaḇ) m

1. absolute form of אַבָּא ‎(ʾabbā)

Proper noun

אָב • ‎(ʾāḇ) m

1. August

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Noun

אָב • ‎('áv) m ‎(plural indefinite אָבוֹת, singular construct אֲבִי־, feminine counterpart אֵם)

1. father, male parent
   • 2016, March 31, nrg

     יו"ר מרצ גלאון אמרה בעקבות שיחתו של נתניהו עם אבי החייל היורה מחברון: […] ‎

     Yo"R [yoshévet rósh] mérets gal'ón 'am'rá b'ik'vót sikható shel n'tanyáhu 'im 'aví hakhayál hayoré mekhevrón: […]

     Chairman of Meretz Gal-On said, following Netanyahu's conversation with the father of the shooting soldier from Hebron: […]

2. ancestor, forefather
3. progenitor
4. originator
5. prototype
6. (אַב, 'av) Singular construct form of אָב ‎('av)‎.

Declension

Usage notes

• In Modern Hebrew, the singular construct form אַב is also used.

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒉈 ‎(Abu).

Proper noun

אָב • ‎('áv) m

1. Av, the fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days) beginning between the eighth of July and the seventh of August, and ending between the sixth of August and the fifth of September.

Descendants

• English: Av, Ab
• German: Aw

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

Etymology 3

Noun

אֵב • ‎('év) m ‎(plural indefinite איבים \ אִבִּים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. swelling, spreading.
2. the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk.
3. (plural) state of growth, development.

Anagrams

• בא