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Word meaning "father" in Semitic languages
Ab or Av (related to Akkadian abu), sometimes Abba, means "father" in most Semitic and Afroasiatic languages. ’Ab (أَب), from a theoretical, abstract
Ab_(Semitic)
Topics referred to by the same term
language code ab), a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people Ab (cuneiform), a written syllable Ab (Semitic), a Semitic word for "father"
AB
Topics referred to by the same term
diapers Abu (Arabic term), a kunya when written in the construct state Ab (Semitic), a common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic
Abu
Branch of the Afroasiatic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Modern South
Semitic_languages
Topics referred to by the same term
Abbas, Dorset Abbasi (disambiguation) Abba (disambiguation) Ab (Semitic), "father" in Semitic languages Darreh-ye Abbas (disambiguation) (meaning "Abbas
Abbas
In linguistics, a commonly seen sequence of sounds meaning "mother" and "father"
terms of respect or sympathy towards other members of the community. Ab (Semitic) Onomatopoeia Jakobson, R. (1962) "Why 'mama' and 'papa'?" In Jakobson
Mama_and_papa
Residents of the ancient Near East until the end of antiquity
Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples or Proto-Semitic people were speakers of Semitic languages who lived throughout the ancient Near East and later also
Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples
Ancient_Semitic-speaking_peoples
Topics referred to by the same term
Fang longhouse Abba (disambiguation) Abas (disambiguation) Ab (Semitic), "father" in Semitic languages ABA (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists
Aba
Title used for the Bishop of Rome
Ukrainian, Serbian, and Bulgarian. The Romanian popă has the same meaning. Ab (Semitic) Catholic Church Honorific List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
Pope_(title)
Topics referred to by the same term
Bronze Age sword named after the Romanian village Apa, Coptic form of Ab (Semitic) Amateur press association, any group of people who self-publish material
APA
Honorific title of Orthodox Tewahedo Church bishop
rather the priest would refer to himself as al-Ab (الأب al-ʾAb, literally 'the father'). Ab (Semitic) Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles List of
Abuna
Title and honorific across languages
contexts. It may sometimes denote a title of authority or of honour. Ab (Semitic) Bwana ("our father"), from Swahili, meaning an important person or safari
Father_(honorific)
False claims about Jews and Judaism
Anti-Semitic Propaganda, Anti-Defamation League, 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2007. "The stress on Holocaust revisionism underscored the new anti-Semitic agenda
Antisemitic_trope
Topics referred to by the same term
antagonist of the 2003 Indian film Maqbool, based on King Duncan from Macbeth Ab (Semitic), also aba or abba, word for father in Aramaic Abba (surname) Abba (given
Abba_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
mythology ABA (disambiguation) Aba (disambiguation) Abba (disambiguation) Ab (Semitic) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Abas
Abas
Northwest Semitic supreme deity
boxes, or other symbols instead of Ugaritic alphabet. El is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one
El_(deity)
Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Italian spelling rules as Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is primarily
Tigrinya_language
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
ə-KAY-dee-ən; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑(𒌝), romanized: Akkadû(m)) is an East Semitic language that is attested in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin
Akkadian_language
First letter of many Semitic abjads
(also spelled alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ʾālep 𐤀, Hebrew ʾālef א, Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀
Aleph
Twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets
Šin (šīn) or Sheen) is the twenty-first and penultimate letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician šīn 𐤔, Hebrew šīn ש, Aramaic šīn 𐡔, Syriac
Shin_(letter)
Jovian planet orbiting γ Cephei A
the ancient Semitic name and modern Arabic name for the city of Palmyra, a (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The first indications of γ Cephei Ab were reported
Gamma_Cephei_Ab
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
first by Steinschneider, who challenged Renan on account of his 'anti-Semitic prejudices' [i.e., his derogation of the Semites as a race]." Psychologist
Antisemitism
Set of monotheistic religions
in Abu Dhabi built in the spirit of Abrahamic unity Abrahamites Ancient Semitic religion Din-i Ilahi Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement Chrislam Christianity
Abrahamic_religions
Ancient South Semitic language
to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic, is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea
Geʽez
Name list
Abba is a form of ab, meaning "father" in many Semitic languages. It is used as a given name, but was also used as a title or honorific for religious scholars
Abba_(given_name)
Ethiopic characters. This article describes the grammar of Tigrinya, a South Semitic language which is spoken primarily in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and is written
Tigrinya_grammar
Ancient Semitic god
romanized: ʾAḏrammeleḵ; Koine Greek: Ἀδραμέλεχ Adramélekh) is an ancient Semitic god mentioned briefly by name in the Book of Kings, where he is described
Adrammelech
nursing Ipy – A mother goddess depicted as a hippopotamus Ishtar – The East Semitic version of Astarte, occasionally mentioned in ancient Egyptian literature
List_of_Egyptian_deities
Cuneiform sign
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ab (cuneiform). The cuneiform sign (𒀊) for the syllable ab also represents that for ap, or the vowel and consonant
Ab_(cuneiform)
Language of ancient Sumer and Babylon
early inscriptions were read top to bottom from the right. Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as the primary spoken language in
Sumerian_language
Ancient kingdom East of the Dead Sea
maintained that the word Mo'ab means "from the father", since ab in Hebrew and Arabic and other Semitic languages means "father". He writes that as a result of
Moab
Eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet
which was taken from the west Semitic kaph, the symbol for an open hand. This, in turn, was likely adapted by Semitic tribes who had lived in Egypt from
K
Extinct language from Eastern Arabia
Qaṭrāyīth is an extinct Semitic language and one of the languages of pre-Islamic Arabia, primarily spoken in Eastern Arabia until early Islamic times
Qatrayith
Sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets
(also ayn or ain; transliterated ⟨ʿ ⟩) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin ע, Aramaic ʿē 𐡏,
Ayin
Western dialect of Aramaic used by the Nabateans
interrogative and indefinite pronouns are mn 'who' and mh 'what'. Like other Semitic languages, Nabataean Aramaic attests various (basic and derived) verb stems
Nabataean_Aramaic
Usage of wording balanced in its treatment of the genders in a non-grammatical sense
classrooms respond to linguistic change". The Conversation. doi:10.64628/AB.n46fkaxjf. Retrieved 2026-07-13. "Linguagem neutra: bobagem ou luta contra
Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender
Gender_neutrality_in_languages_with_grammatical_gender
American linguist
to solve the problem of nonconcatenative morphology in Semitic languages. He completed his A.B. in linguistics and Near Eastern languages at Harvard College
John_McCarthy_(linguist)
Script used to write the Greek language
very similar and sometimes identical to the West Semitic letters. 4 The letter sequence between the Semitic and Greek alphabets is identical. (Naveh 1982)"
Greek_alphabet
Fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician hē 𐤄, Hebrew hē ה, Aramaic hē 𐡄, Syriac hē ܗ, and Arabic hāʾ ه. It is also related
He_(letter)
Arabic letter representing [θ]
due to phonetic similarity. For other Semitic cognates of the phoneme ṯ see Sound changes between Proto-Semitic and the daughter languages. Ethiopia is
Ṯāʾ
Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa
symbols. Tigre (ትግሬ, Təgré), also known as Tigrayit (ትግራይት), is an Ethio-Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, primarily by the Tigre people of
Tigre_language
Corpus of ancient cuneiform texts discovered in Syria
Hani in Syria, and written in Ugaritic, an otherwise unknown Northwest Semitic language. Approximately 1,500 texts and fragments have been found to date
Ugaritic_texts
Neo-Aramaic varieties
Assyrian Empire, which slowly displaced and was influenced by the East Semitic Akkadian language beginning around the 10th century BC. They have been
Suret_language
Ethnic group in Southern Africa
and scholarly attention about the Lemba's common partial descent from Semitic peoples of West Asia. Genetic Y-DNA analyses have established a paternal
Lemba_people
Pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
the image of al-Lat.. This suggests potentially a proto-Semitic or later developed Pan-Semitic longstanding association with barley-meal. In a euhemeristic
Al-Lat
Turkic families. Still smaller groups — such as Basque (language isolate), Semitic languages (Maltese, c. 0.5 million), and various languages of the Caucasus
Languages_of_Europe
Male offspring
"Ivanchuk" ("son of Ivan"). Welsh ap or ab. Examples: "ap Rhys" ("son of Rhys", anglicized to "Price"), "ab Owain" ("son of Owen", anglicized to Bowen)
Son
Former province of Eritrea
Semitic settlement in the Eritrean highlands. This is suggested by the similarity of its name to South-Arabian place names, possibly due to Semitic immigrants
Seraye
Standard form of the Hebrew language
language spoken today. It is the only extant Canaanite language of the Semitic language family, as well as one of the oldest attested languages to be
Modern_Hebrew
Honorific title in the Harari and Somali languages
Ullendorff term '"Aw"' from Harari language is linked to the Proto-Semitic term Ab meaning father. According to Giorgio Banti the term has been adopted
Aw_(father)
Fictional language of dwarves in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Tolkien commented of the Dwarves that "their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic." Although a very limited vocabulary is known, Tolkien
Khuzdul
Ancient Yemeni kingdom
Minaic, Qatabānic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩, romanized: ḥḍrmwt) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia (ancient Yemen) which existed from the
Kingdom_of_Hadhramaut
Ancient Mesopotamian city in Iraq
the Semitic name was a loan-translation of the original Sumerian name. However, the "gate of god" interpretation is increasingly viewed as a Semitic folk
Babylon
Topics referred to by the same term
Tadmor or Tadmur is an ancient Semitic name, and may refer to Tadmor, the native name of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria Tadmor, the native name of
Tadmor
Variety of meat dishes originating in the Middle East
Kebab (UK: /kɪˈbæb/ kib-AB, US: /kɪˈbɑːb/ kib-AHB), kebap, kabob (alternative North American spelling), kebob, or kabab (Kashmiri) is a variety of roasted
Kebab
Discredited theory of linguistic relationships
that the Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus area are related to the Semitic languages of the Middle East. The hypothesis gained favor in the 1930s
Japhetic_theory
1881–1962 ancient inscriptions collection
Inscriptionum Semiticarum ("Corpus of Semitic Inscriptions", abbreviated CIS) is a collection of ancient inscriptions in Semitic languages produced since the end
Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum
Corpus_Inscriptionum_Semiticarum
Class of words expressing spatiotemporal relations or semantic roles
hi ohonof – 'he took it from me'. Inflected prepositions are found in Semitic languages, including Hebrew, Arabic, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic and Amharic.
Adposition
Epithet of the god Dionysus
Dionysus Bassareus. Astour, Michael C. (1964). "Greek Names in the Semitic World and Semitic Names in the Greek World". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 23
Bassareus
Sumerian word or symbol for house or temple
site of the city archives. Sumerian É.GAL is the probable etymology of Semitic words for "palace, temple", such as Hebrew היכל heikhal, and Arabic هيكل
É_(temple)
astonishing resemblance between the Semitic kanbos and the Scythian cannabis lead me to suppose that the Scythian word was of Semitic origin. These etymological
Etymology_of_cannabis
of Lamentations for the Ninth of Ab in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Semitic Studies (21) 138-162. New, Catherine
Mourner
Ancient Greek goddess
influenced by those of Near Eastern warrior goddesses such as the East Semitic Ishtar and the Ugaritic Anat, both of whom were often portrayed bearing
Athena
Ugaritic sea god
It is presumed that his presence reflects a reference of a shared West Semitic tradition on early Israelite literature. A further possible reference to
Yam_(god)
ISBN 978-1-4027-5411-1. He was a Jew and Groves was at least conventionally anti-Semitic; but perhaps worse, Oppenheimer practiced no religion at all and thus was
List of atheists in science and technology
List_of_atheists_in_science_and_technology
Achaemenid inscriptions in Egypt
\ katanaiy \ hacâ \ Pirâva \ nâma \ rauta \ tya \ Mudrâyaiy \ danuvatiy \ ab iy \ draya \ tya \ hacâ \ Pârsâ \ aitiy \ pasâva \ iyam \ yauviyâ \ akaniya
Suez inscriptions of Darius the Great
Suez_inscriptions_of_Darius_the_Great
ratio of καί to δέ at the beginning of sentences is higher, influenced by Semitic languages. τότε 'then' as a common narrative conjunction reflects Aramaic
Koine_Greek_grammar
a goy kadosh. Because Jews have had so many bad experiences with anti-Semitic non-Jews over the centuries, the term 'goy' has taken on some negative
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Abrahamic tradition of tribal identity
"Sumu'ilu" and Ernst Knauf had written that Yisma'el is a typical West Semitic Personal name found in texts from the third millennium BC to pre-Islamic
Ishmaelites
Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion
The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Origin of the Samaritan Sect. Harvard Semitic Monographs. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
Samaritanism
Grammatical change of vowels in Indo-European languages
In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut (/ˈæb.laʊt/ AB-lowt, from German Ablaut pronounced [ˈab.laʊt]) is a system of apophony (regular vowel variations)
Indo-European_ablaut
Continent
century AD introduced the Arabic language and Islam to North Africa. The Semitic Phoenicians (who founded Carthage) and Hyksos, the Indo-Iranian Alans,
Africa
Primeval sea in Mesopotamian mythology
other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Abzû or Apsû (Sumerian: 𒀊𒍪, lit. ab = 'water' + zû = 'deep') is the name for fresh water from underground aquifers
Abzu
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. "The anti-Semitic, chauvinistic side of Alfred Nobel". The Jewish Independent. 16 July 2018
Alfred_Nobel
Writing system of the ancient Near East
Akkadian Empire from the 24th century BC. The Akkadian language being East Semitic, its structure was completely different from Sumerian. The Akkadians found
Cuneiform
Buddhist government. Caucasians that speak languages belonging to the Semitic language family: Assyrians in the Caucasus number approximately 35,000
Ethnic_groups_in_the_Caucasus
American diplomat and politician (1923–2023)
receiving beatings from security guards. As a result of the Nazis' anti-Semitic laws, Kissinger was unable to gain admittance to the Gymnasium and his
Henry_Kissinger
origin of the word is from Proto-Semitic *ʔil and is thus cognate to the Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, and other Semitic languages' words for god. Elah is
Names_of_God_in_Judaism
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)
antisemite. Influenced by Islamists like Rashid Rida, Qutb embraced anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and believed in the existence of global Jewish conspiracies
Sayyid_Qutb
Hebrew religious text ascribed to Enoch
Parables of Enoch," pp. 343–345, in William Rainey Harper, Old Testament and Semitic studies in memory of William Rainey Harper, Volume 2, The University of
Book_of_Enoch
Swedish YouTuber (born 1989)
and that E;R's channel included frequent use of racist, sexist, anti-semitic, and homophobic content. In December 2018, Vox reported that "E;R" also
PewDiePie
Inflection of words according to number, gender, and/or case
Romanian, Kurdish, and Modern Armenian), Bantu (e.g. Swahili, Zulu, Kikuyu), Semitic (e.g. Modern Standard Arabic), Finno-Ugric (e.g. Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian)
Declension
Stele inscribed in Aramaic referencing the House of David
compound words are used elsewhere in the inscription and generally in West Semitic languages, so it is possible that the phrase was treated as a compound
Tel_Dan_stele
Arabic word
Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian, Semitic and Turkic. Psychology Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-415-30804-5. Sexuality
Aurat_(word)
Grammar of the Arabic language
the Arabic language. Arabic is a Semitic language and its grammar has many similarities with the grammar of other Semitic languages. Classical Arabic and
Arabic_grammar
Reconstructed ancestor of the Berber languages
Berber languages are cousins to the Egyptian language, Cushitic languages, Semitic languages, Chadic languages, and the Omotic languages. Proto-Berber shows
Proto-Berber_language
Roman-era word square with a Latin palindrome
puzzle, a Gnostic or Orphic or Italian pagan amulet, a cryptic Mithraic or Semitic numerology charm, or that it was a device for assessing wind direction
Sator_Square
"Shahpuhr I the Great on the Kaabah of Zoroaster", American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 57:4 (1940), pp. 371–372; W. B. Henning, "The
Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
Israeli geneticist and bioinformatician
testing company called Ancient DNA Hub owned by Anath Genomic Consultans AB, registered in Sweden. His research uses computational, statistical, epidemiological
Eran_Elhaik
Figure in the Abrahamic religions
and patriarch of Qaydār. The name "Yishma'el" existed in various ancient Semitic cultures, including early Babylonian and Minæan. In the Amorite language
Ishmael
Massacres of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II
of the Ukrainian Nachtigall Battalion could rely on a fanatically anti-Semitic auxiliary contingent with good knowledge of local conditions..Similar pogroms
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
Association football club in Germany
Retrieved 18 June 2025. Knight, Ben; Ford, Matt (31 October 2017). "Anti-Semitic Anne Frank football stickers appear in Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved
Borussia_Dortmund
Austrian esotericist (1861–1925)
esotericism, opines in a review of Staudenmaier's work that the racist and anti-Semitic character of Steiner's teachings cannot be denied, even if it is "spiritual
Rudolf_Steiner
American politician (born 1960)
Schiff said it was "never acceptable to give voice to, or repeat, anti-Semitic smears". In October 2023, Schiff condemned Hamas's actions during the Gaza
Adam_Schiff
Country in North Africa
antiquity, Tunisia was inhabited by the indigenous Berbers. The Phoenicians, a Semitic people, began to arrive in the 12th century BC, settling on the coast and
Tunisia
Persian religion founded in the 3rd century AD
time. — In the mean time, also, that madman Manes, (Mani is of Persian or Semitic origin) as he was called, well agreeing with his name, for his demoniacal
Manichaeism
Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
was one of breaking down a system of Far Eastern trade through small Semitic ("Arab") cities under Parthia's control and to put it under Roman control
Trajan
Jewish nationalist movement
they oppose. As we have seen, Zionism itself arose in reaction to anti-Semitic and exclusionary nationalist movements in Europe. It would be perverse
Zionism
Semitic scholar and archaeologist
, Ph.D., (15 October 1865 – 24 May 1945) was an internationally known Semitic scholar and archaeologist, ordained Baptist minister, and Professor Emeritus
George_Ricker_Berry
Evetts 1895, p. 39, Part 7 of Anecdota Oxoniensia: Semitic series Anecdota oxoniensia. Semitic series—pt. VII], at Google Books) c. 670: Adomnán, De
Timeline of the name Palestine
Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
AB SEMITIC
AB SEMITIC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from a form of the female personal name Margaret, via Late Latin Margarita from Greek margaritēs ‘pearl’. This was borne by several early Christian saints, and became a popular female personal name throughout Europe. The vocabulary word was borrowed into Latin and Greek from a Semitic source, and is probably ultimately from Persian morvarid ‘pearl’.
Female
Egyptian
, the daughter of the prophet Ra-nofre-ab.
Female
English
English name mostly used by African-Americans, derived from the continent name, AFRICA means "land of the Afri." The Afri were a tribe, possibly Berber, who dwelled in North Africa. The origin of the word Afri (pl.), Afer (sing.), may be connected with the Phoenician word 'afar, meaning "dust," which is also found in other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew Afra.
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Owen.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Example
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתּׄרֶת) Hebrew name ASHTORETH means "star." In the bible, this is the name of the principal female deity of the Semitic nations, worshiped in war and fertility. Equated with Assyrian Ishtar and Greek Astarte.Â
Surname or Lastname
English of Welsh origin
English of Welsh origin : Anglicized form of Welsh ab elfyn ‘son of Elfyn’.
Male
Greek
(Βάαλ) Greek form of Hebrew Ba'al, BAAL means "lord, master" or "possessor." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of the supreme masculine divinity of the Semitic nations, just as Ashtoreth (Greek Astarte) was their supreme feminine divinity.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English blÅwere ‘one who blows’. The name was applied chiefly to someone who operated a bellows, either as a blacksmith’s assistant or to provide wind for a church organ. In other cases it was applied to someone who blew a horn, i.e. a huntsman or a player of the musical instrument.Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Llywarch ‘son of Llywarch’. Compare Flower.
Male
Hebrew
(Hebrew בַּעַל): Semitic name of several storm gods, and the first king of Hell who had three heads and commanded 66 legions of demons, derived from the word ba'al, BA'AL means "lord, master" or "possessor." In the bible, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Reuben, and the grandfather of Saul.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for someone who was handy with his fists, from Old French poigneor ‘fighter’ (Latin pugnator, from pugnare ‘to fight’, a derivative of pugnus ‘fist’).Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ynyr ‘son of Ynyr’, a personal name from Latin Honorius.
Male
Hebrew
(גָּלְיַת) Hebrew name GOLYATH means "exile." In the bible, this is the name of a Philistine giant slain by David. A shard of pottery unearthed by archaeologists digging at Tell es-Safi, bears two Proto-Semitic names (alwt and wlt) which are etymologically similar to Hebrew Galyat/Golyat/Golyath. The shard dates to around 950 BC, very close to the time when the bible says Goliath lived.Â
Male
Egyptian
, the father of Aaab.
Female
English
(לִילִית) Hebrew form of Sumerian Lilitu, LILITH means "of the night." In mythology, this is the name of a Mesopotamian storm demon associated with the wind and thought to bear disease and death. In ancient Semitic folklore, it is the name of a night demon. The oldest story considers Lilith to be Adam's first wife. In the bible, this is simply a word for a "screech owl."Â
Biblical
a Semitic mother goddess
Boy/Male
Indian
Example
Male
Egyptian
, the father of Nes-em-ab.
Male
English
Short form of Hebrew Abraham, ABE means "father of a multitude,"Â and other names beginning with Ab-.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and northern English
Scottish and northern English : nickname meaning ‘bones’. Compare Bain 2.Scottish : reduced form of McBane, with English patronymic -s.English, of Welsh origin : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Einws ‘son of Einws’, a pet form of the personal name Einon (see Eynon).English : from a derivative of Bain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Den(n)is (Latin Dionysius, Greek Dionysios ‘(follower) of Dionysos’, an eastern god introduced to the classical pantheon at a relatively late date and bearing a name of probably Semitic origin). The name was borne by various early saints, including St Denis, the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Paris who became the patron of France; the popularity of the name in England from the 12th century onwards seems to have been largely due to French influence. The feminine form Dionysia (in the vernacular likewise Den(n)is) is also found, and some examples of the surname may represent a metronymic form.English : variant of Dench.Irish (mainly Dublin and Cork) : of the same origin as 1 and 2, sometimes an alternative form to Donohue but more often to MacDonough, since the personal name Donnchadh was Anglicized as Donough or Denis.Irish (Ulster and Munster) : Anglicized form of the rare Gaelic name Ó Donnghusa ‘descendant of Donnghus’, a personal name from donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + gus ‘vigor’.
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n.
An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings.
a.
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.
n.
A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
n.
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
a.
Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.
n.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
n.
The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.
n.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
n.
A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
a.
Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.
adv.
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
a.
Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.