أُبُوَّة
fatherhood
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Also written أبى: أَبَى (to reject)
Highlights
Present tense
يَأْبِي
Verbal noun
أُبُوَّة
Active participle
آبٍ
Passive participle
مَأْبِيّ
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
أَبَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to father
Word origin
A different form of أَبَا (ʔabā, “to father”)
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
أَبَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَبَيْتُ | آبِي | آبِيَ | آبِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَبَيْتَ | تَأْبِي | تَأْبِيَ | تَأْبِ | اِئْبِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَبَيْتِ | تَأْبِينَ | تَأْبِي | تَأْبِي | اِئْبِي |
| هُوَ he | أَبَى | يَأْبِي | يَأْبِيَ | يَأْبِ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَبَتْ | تَأْبِي | تَأْبِيَ | تَأْبِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَبَيْتُمَا | تَأْبِيَانِ | تَأْبِيَا | تَأْبِيَا | اِئْبِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَبَيَا | يَأْبِيَانِ | يَأْبِيَا | يَأْبِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَبَتَا | تَأْبِيَانِ | تَأْبِيَا | تَأْبِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَبَيْنَا | نَأْبِي | نَأْبِيَ | نَأْبِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَبَيْتُمْ | تَأْبُونَ | تَأْبُوا | تَأْبُوا | اِئْبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَبَيْتُنَّ | تَأْبِينَ | تَأْبِينَ | تَأْبِينَ | اِئْبِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَبَوْا | يَأْبُونَ | يَأْبُوا | يَأْبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَبَيْنَ | يَأْبِينَ | يَأْبِينَ | يَأْبِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | أُبُوَّة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | آبٍ |
| Passive participle | مَأْبِيّ |
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