![]() Adonai, from Hebrew ʾădônāy, my lord, from ʾādôn, lord ( -ay, my see -y).abacus, from Greek abax, abak‑, counting board, perhaps from Hebrew ʾābāq, dust.Ĭommon Semitic noun * ʾad‑, father, lord. West Semitic noun * ʾabaq‑, dust, chaff, whence denominative verb, to be(come) dusty. Addis Ababa, from Amharic addis abäba, new flower, from abäba, flower, from abbäbä, to blossom ( addis, new see ḥdṯ).Tel Aviv, from Hebrew tēl ʾābîb, barley tell (see tll).Abib, from Hebrew ʾābîb, young barley, spring, a month name.Barabbas, from Aramaic bar- ʾabbā, son of the father (see bn).abba, abbacy, abbatial, abbé, abbess, abbey, abbot, from Aramaic ʾabbā, the father, my father, from ʾab, father. ![]() ![]() a-e all from Arabic ʾabū, bound form of ʾab, father, source. pataca, from Arabic ʾabū ṭāqa, "father of the window," a type of coin.borage, probably from Arabic bū ʿaraq, from ʾabū ʿaraq, father of sweat.baobab, from North African Arabic bū ḥibāb, tree of many seeds.Both a and b from Hebrew ʾăbî, shortened form of ʾābî, my father, from ʾāb, father. Absalom, from Hebrew ʾabšālōm, short for ʾăbîšālōm, my father (is) peace ( šālōm, peace see šlm).Abigail, from Hebrew ʾăbîgayil, my father (is) joy (see gyl).Ahab, from Hebrew ʾaḥ ʾāb, father's brother ( ʾaḥ, brother see ʾḫ).Joab, from Hebrew yô ʾāb, Yahweh (is) father ( yô, Yahweh see hwy).(Alternatively, ʾiyyôb may be akin to Hebrew ʾōyēb, enemy see ʾyb). Job, from Hebrew ʾiyyôb, perhaps from an early Northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?", from ʾôb, father, of dialectal origin, akin to Hebrew ʾāb, father.Abraham, from Hebrew ʾabrāhām, the (divine) father is exalted, from ʾab, reduced form of ʾāb, father.Therefore, ʿbd follows ʾzr and b follows ʿzz.įor more information about this section, please refer to the Guide to the Semitic Roots Appendix. The American Heritage Dictionary Semitic Roots Appendix The letter ʾ (aleph) and the letter ʿ (ayin) are alphabetized before the letter a.
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