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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p
)b noun sg. emphatic
1 father Com.
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--(a) of humans Com.
(a.1) honored senior, chief, master OfA-Egypt, JLAtg.
(a.2) chief monk Syr.
1 pl. : monks, solitaries CPA, Syr.
--(b) Heavenly, i.e. God (see also below s.v. ˀabbā) PTA, CPA, Syr.
--(c) of animals: sire JBA.
(c.1) of demons JBAmb.
2 ancestor, forefather Com.
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--(a) pl. parents Qum, Syr, JBA.
--(b) in particular, the three forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also sg. for any one of them) Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA.
--(c) progenitor, spiritual founder PTA.
--(d) the fathers of the Church Syr.
3 ˀabbā : my father, dad (vocative or referential) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
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--(a) honored senior CPA.
4 fig.: (of a non-animate substantive) origin, cause Qum, Syr, JBA.
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--(a) creator, source Qum, Syr.
--(b) common factor JBA.
--(c) 'source' as an architectural term JLAtg.
--(d) master of a feature (?), original representative (?) Syr.
5 byt ˀb, ܒܝܬ ܐܒ : family, clan OA, Qum, Syr.
6 as a personal name Syr, JBA.
7 in compounds with relational terms .
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--(a) אב דאב : paternal grandfather Palm, PTA, JBA.
--(b) אבא דאימא : maternal grandfather JBA.
--(c) אחא דאבא٠ אח אב : paternal uncle : see s.v. ˀḥb JBA.
--(d) ܪܒܐ ܐܒܐ : great grandfather Syr.
