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Abba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abba"

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Abba (plural Abbas)

  1. (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.[1] [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]

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  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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Italian

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Proper noun

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Abba m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot
    Marta Abba, Italian actress

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Abba m

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Abba (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative Abba —
accusative Abban —
genitive Abban —
dative Abban —

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Old Saxon

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Proper noun

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Abba

  1. a female given name

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Swedish

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Noun

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Abba

  1. (Christianity) Abba

Proper noun

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Abba n (genitive Abbas)

  1. Alternative form of ABBA

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