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Ab
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Translingual
Symbol
mul Q999 1 alabamine astatine
mul At<id:Q999>
References
Ab
English
Etymology 1
The first letter of each of the two syllables of en antibody.
Pronunciation
en
Noun
en Q79460 en immunology Symbol for antibody.
en Ig<id:Q79460> immunoglobulin<id:Q79460>
en Ag<id:Q103537> antigen<id:Q103537>
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en he אָב āv.
Pronunciation
en /ɑb/ US
Proper noun
s
en Judaism Av. First attested in the late 18th century.2
en Jewish Music: Its Historical Development Abraham Zevi Idelsohn 1929 56 The Book of Lamentations is chanted in the synagogue on the ninth of Ab.
Further reading
Ab
Etymology 3
Short form of en Abner.
Pronunciation
en /æb/ US
en æb 1
en ab abb
Proper noun
en male Abner Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
Etymology 4
From the nineteenth-century Karl Richard Lepsius Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of en egy jb heart, mind, intention, ib:Z1.
Pronunciation
en /æb/ US
en æb 1
en ab abb
Noun
en 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.
en dated An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
Alternative forms
en ib
Etymology 5
Abbreviation.
Noun
-
en title en abbot Abbot.
References
Ab
Ab
Anagrams
en ab -ba- B. A. B.A. BA Ba ba ba'
Central Franconian
Etymology
From gmw-cfr gmh abbāt, ultimately from gmw-cfr la abbās, from gmw-cfr grc ἀββᾶς, from gmw-cfr arc אבא, from gmw-cfr sem-pro *ʾab-. gmw-cfr
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /ap/
Noun
gmw-cfr noun m plural Abte diminutive Abche
gmw-cfr westernmost _ Ripuarian An abbot, monastic superior of an abbey
gmw-cfr Kirchröadsj
gmw-cfr Catholicism
Indonesian
Etymology
From id he אָב.
Proper noun
Av (fifth month of the Jewish calendar)
Further reading
id Judaism Hebrew calendar months
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from ga he אָב āv.
Proper noun
ga proper noun m
ga Judaism Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.
Mutation
msn
ga Hebrew calendar months
Swedish
Noun
sv noun
sv Finland sv aktiebolag
Usage notes
sv Ab is used in Finnish Swedish. In Sweden, the abbreviation of sv aktiebolag is sv AB.
Anagrams
sv ab ba
Category:Dutch diminutives of male given names