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Webster 1913 Edition
Abba
Ab′ba
(ăb′bȧ)
, Noun.
[Syriac
abbā
father. See Abbot
.] Father; religious superior; – in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abba
AB'BA
,Noun.
In the Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic churches, it is a title given to the Bishops, and the Bishops bestow the title, by way of distinction, on the Bishop of Alexandria. Hence the title Baba, or Papa, Pope or great father, which the Bishop of Alexandria bore, before the Bishop of Rome.
Definition 2024
Abba
Abba
English
Noun
Abba (plural Abbas)
- (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.[1][First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
References
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
Italian
Proper noun
Abba ?
- A surname.
- Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot
- Marta Abba, Italian actress
abba
abba
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
- Rhymes: -æbə
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
- (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.[1]
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
- Alternative form of aba
Anagrams
References
- ↑ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], ISBN 0-394-43600-8), page 1
Hungarian
Etymology
az + -ba. The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒbːɒ]
- Hyphenation: ab‧ba
Pronoun
abba
- illative singular of az
- Abba a dobozba rakd a ruhákat. - Put the clothes into that box.
Usage notes
It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowing from Japanese はっぱ (発破, happa).
Pronunciation
- MED phonemes: {habbah}
- IPA phonemes: /ɰapˠpˠaɰ/
- IPA articulation: [ɑ̯ɑpˠpˠɑɑ̯]
Noun
abba
References
Nyunga
Interjection
abba
References
- 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.
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Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare Romanian apă.
Noun
abba