أُبُوَّة
fatherhood
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Highlights
Plural
آبَاء
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form I
أَبَا
to father
Noun
أُبُوَّة
fatherhood
Adjective
أَبَوِيّ
parental
Verb · Form II
أَبَّى
to call a person father
أَب in English
Noun · masculine
- father
- ancestor, forefather
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Cognate with Hebrew אָב ('áv)
Words from the root ء-ب-و
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أَبَّى
· present يُؤَبِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to call a person father
تَأْبُوّ
تَأْبِيّ
مُؤَبٍّ
مُؤَبًّى
تَأَبَّى
· present يَتَأَبَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to consider as fatherly, to treat like father
تَأَبٍّ
مُتَأَبٍّ
مُتَأَبًّى
father
أَبَوِيّ
parental
أَب: plural and other forms
| Singular | أَب |
|---|---|
| Plural | آبَاء |
أَب in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
جِيلٌ يَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَلاَ يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ.There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.Proverbs 30:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.Exodus 21:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمَنْ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Exodus 21:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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