Abba

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə/, /æˈbɑ/
Rhymes: -æbə

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]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 4:6:
  And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.

Translations

honorific title given to God in the New Testament

Aghwan: 𐔰𐔱𐔰 (aba)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abba (no), fader (no) m
Swedish: Abba, fader (sv) c

References

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abba”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

baba, AABB, Baba, ba-ba

Italian

Proper noun

Abba m or f by sense

a surname
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot

Marta Abba, Italian actress

Anagrams

babà

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑb.bɑ/

Proper noun

Abba m

a male given name

Declension

Declension of Abba (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Abba	—
accusative	Abban	—
genitive	Abban	—
dative	Abban	—

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Old Saxon

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Proper noun

Abba

a female given name

References

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Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Abba

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

Abba

(Christianity) Abba

Proper noun

Abba n (genitive Abbas)

Alternative form of ABBA

References

Abba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

[1] Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

[2] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abba”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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