Ab

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Translingual

Symbol

Ab

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) alabamine

References

English

Etymology 1

The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody.

Noun

Ab (plural Abs)

  1. (immunology) Antibody.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑb/

Proper noun

Ab (plural Abs)

  1. (Judaism) Av. [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]

Further reading

Etymology 3

Short form of Abner.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Proper noun

Ab

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.

Etymology 4
From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”),
ib
Z1
.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Noun

Ab (plural Abs)

  1. (dated) In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
  2. (dated) An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (
    ib
    ).
Alternative forms

Etymology 5

Abbreviation.

Noun

Ab (uncountable)

  1. (title) Abbreviation of Abbot.

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Ab”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German abbāt, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

Ab m (plural Abte, diminutive Abche)

  1. (westernmost Ripuarian) An abbot, monastic superior of an abbey

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).

Proper noun

Ab m

  1. (Judaism) Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Ab nAb hAb tAb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Noun

Ab

  1. (Finland) Abbreviation of aktiebolag.

Usage notes

Ab is used in Finnish Swedish. In Sweden, the abbreviation of aktiebolag is AB.

Anagrams
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