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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p
1
of, genitive particle
Com.
--(a)
w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something
Com.
2
first element of lexemes
Com.
3
in split genitive phrases
Com.
--(a)
after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very
Syr.
4
after numbers
Com.
--(a)
before cardinal numbers: as ordinal
Syr.
5
determinative pron.
Com.
6
per, by
Syr.
Drower/Macuch: 491b. Levy Ch-W: 1:158.
)b) N02
1
father
Com.
--(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)
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr.
--(c)
of animals: sire
JBA.
2
ancestor, forefather
Com.
--(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.
--(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, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA.
--(a)
honored senior
CPA.
4
fig.: (of a non-animate substantive) origin, cause
Qum, Syr, JBA.
--(a)
creator, source
Qum.
--(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
.
--(a)
ˀb ˀbwhy: grandfather or ancestor
Palm.
--(b)
אב דאב : paternal grandfather
PTA, JBA.
--(c)
אבא דאימא : maternal grandfather
JBA.
--(d)
אחא דאבא٠ אח אב : paternal uncle : see s.v. ˀḥb
JBA.
LS2: 1[1]. DJPA: 31. DJBA: 72. Jastrow: 2. Drower/Macuch: 1a. J. Payne-Smith: 1b. Levy Ch-W: 1:1. Tal Sam: 1. DNWSI: 1. Audo: 1:2.
