ἀββᾶς
See also: αββάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Word of 4th century.[1] The indeclinable ἀββα (abba) or ἀββᾶ (abbâ) stem ἀββ- + ending -ᾶς, adjusting to an inflectional system, from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). More inflectional forms added later like medieval plurals in -ᾶδες/-άδες.
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aβˈβas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /avˈvas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈvas/
Noun
ἀββᾶς • (abbâs) m (genitive ἀββᾶ); irregular declension with combination of inflectional forms (Koine) & Medieval Greek
- declinable form of ἀββα (abba), ἀββᾶ (abbâ) (both indeclinable)
Inflection
Genitive singular: ἀββᾶ (abbâ).
The inflectional forms with -δ- like plural ἀββᾶδες (abbâdes) or ἀββάδες (abbádes), are later.
| Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀββᾶς ho abbâs |
οἱ ἀββᾶδες / ἀββάδες hoi abbâdes / abbádes | |||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀββᾶ toû abbâ |
τῶν ἀββάδων tôn abbádōn | |||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀββᾷ tōî abbāî |
— | |||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ? tòn ? |
τοὺς ἀββάδας toùs abbádas | |||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀββᾶ abbâ |
ἀββᾶδες / ἀββάδες abbâdes / abbádes | |||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ *ἀββᾶς p.2α - Lampe, G. W. H. (1961) “ἀββᾶς”, in A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
- ἀββα, ἀββᾶ, Ἀββά, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- ἀββα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- p.3, vol.1 Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-2021) Λεξικό της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Lexikó tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías, Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–22] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language, Vols.15-22 ed. I.N. Kazazis et al.