The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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)b noun sg. abs. or construct

Pl. ˀăḇāhān, ˀăḇāhāṯā; Syr. ܐܒ̈ܗܬܐ ; w. pro. suffs.: ˀăḇū-. A common LJLA form shows imālā: איבא . In CPA some forms written with ܧ instead of ܒ .
At Mk 14:36( [ed. Kiraz), etc., the form ܐܲܒܒܿܵܐ is a transcription of the Greek.

  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.