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אב

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אב¹

  • /ʔaːb/
  • [ʔaːβ]
  • /ˈʔɔːv/ [ˈʔɔːv]
  • /ˈʔɔv/ [ˈʔɔːv]
  • /ˈʔab/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)ɔv/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)av/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of אַבָּא (ába), which was borrowed from Aramaic. Cognate with Arabic أب.

noun אָב · áv · אָבוֹת · אֲבִי־ · אֵם

  1. father (a male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.)) Yo"R [yoshévet rósh] mérets gal'ón am'rá b'ik'vót sikható shel n'tanyáhu im aví hakhayál hayoré mekhevrón: […]
  2. ancestor
  3. progenitor
  4. originator
  5. prototype

noun אַב · av

  1. construct, singular singular construct state form of אָב (av).

אב²

Where it comes from

From Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum).

proper noun אָב · áv

  1. Judaism Av (the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul) חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים אֵרְעוּ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְּתִשְׁעָה בְאָב.

אב³

  • /ʔib/
  • /ˈʔeːv/
  • [ˈʔeː.ev]
  • /ˈʔev/
  • [ˈʔeːv]
  • /ʔeb/
  • /(ʔ)eb/
  • /(ʔ)ejv/
  • /(ʔ)ev/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Related to Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum), Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “meadow”), Aramaic אִנְבָּא.

noun אֵב · év · איבים · אִבִּים

  1. swelling, spreading.
  2. the young shoots of a tree, opposed to the branches growing directly from the trunk. אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל
  3. in plural state of growth, development

In English

  • father male parent
  • Av eleventh month of civil year in the Jewish calendar

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אב},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}