The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

אַב אַבָּא‏ n.m. father

father Com. of humans Com. honored senior, chief, master OfA^Eg, JLAtg. Heavenly, i.e. God (see also below s.v. ˀabbā) PTA, CPA, Syr.

ancestor, forefather Com. pl. parents Qumran, Syr, JBA. in particular, the three forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also sg. for any one of them) Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA. progenitor, spiritual founder PTA.

ˀabbā : my father, dad (vocative or referential) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA.

fig.: (of a non-animate substantive) origin, cause Qumran, Syr, JBA. creator, source Qumran, Syr. 'source' as an architectural term JLAtg.

byt ˀb, ܒܝܬ ܐܒ‏ : family, clan OA, Qumran, Syr. אב דאב‏ : paternal grandfather Palmyrene, PTA, JBA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 31; DJBA: 72; Jastrow: 2; Levy Ch-W: 1:1; Tal Sam: 1; DNWSI: 1; DJA: 29a; Cook,Qumran: 1;

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Derivatives:

ˀbw, ˀbwtˀ (ˀabbōṯā, ˀăḇūṯā) n.f. #2 defense, advocacy

ˀḥb, ˀḥbˀ n.m. father's brother

byt ˀb n.m. extended family

rb byt ˀb, rb byt ˀbˀ n.m. family head

br ˀḥ ˀb n.m. paternal cousin