Arabic word sheet
أَبٌ
Father
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ء ب و
Meaning and usage
Father
The man whose child one is, the one who begot or raised someone.
ذَهَبَ الْأَبُ مَعَ ابْنِهِ إِلَى السُّوقِ
The father went to the market with his son.
Forefather, ancestor
By extension, the grandfather or any man from whom one descends, however far back.
عَاشَ آبَاءُ سَامِي فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ
Sami's forefathers lived in this village.
Plural
آبَاءٌ
Word family
What the root means ء ب و
The root names the father and the bond between him and his children. From it come "the two parents" and "fatherhood".
the two parents, father and mother
أَبَوَانِ
fathers, taken together; fatherhood
أُبُوَّةٌ
Synonyms
father, begetter
وَالِدٌ
It is narrower and more formal: it names only the man who begot the child, whereas the headword extends to forefathers.