авва

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄββας (ábbas), from Aramaic אבא (aba, “father”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋʋɑ/→/ˈaʋʋa/→/ˈaʋʋa/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋʋɑ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈaʋʋa/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈaʋʋa/

Noun

авва (avva)

father

Declension

Declension of авва (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	авва avva	аввѣ avvě	аввꙑ avvy
genitive	аввꙑ avvy	авву avvu	аввъ avvŭ
dative	аввѣ avvě	аввама avvama	аввамъ avvamŭ
accusative	аввѫ avvǫ	аввѣ avvě	аввꙑ avvy
instrumental	аввоѭ avvojǫ	аввама avvama	аввами avvami
locative	аввѣ avvě	авву avvu	аввахъ avvaxŭ
vocative	авво avvo	аввѣ avvě	аввꙑ avvy

Descendants

Russian: а́вва m (ávva)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “авва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 5

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈavːə]

Noun

а́вва • (ávva) m anim (genitive а́ввы, nominative plural а́ввы, genitive plural авв)

(dated, Eastern Orthodoxy) Abba

Declension

Declension of а́вва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	а́вва ávva	а́ввы ávvy
genitive	а́ввы ávvy	а́вв ávv
dative	а́вве ávve	а́ввам ávvam
accusative	а́вву ávvu	а́вв ávv
instrumental	а́ввой, а́ввою ávvoj, ávvoju	а́ввами ávvami
prepositional	а́вве ávve	а́ввах ávvax