"Ab" meaning in English

See Ab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɑb/ [US] Forms: Abs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|אָב|tr=āv}} Hebrew אָב (āv) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Ab (plural Abs)
  1. (Judaism) Av. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-name-vfEdklm3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 18 7 12 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 46 15 8 10 14 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 11 5 11 10 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /æb/ [US]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: Short form of Abner. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ab
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-name-7bgjuAmH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: Abs [plural]
Etymology: The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ab (plural Abs)
  1. (immunology) Antibody. Categories (topical): Immunology
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-noun-X4ud-FVN Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æb/ [US] Forms: Abs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|egy|jb|t=heart, mind, intention}} Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-noun-R1JZm8GQ
  2. (dated) An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib). Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-noun-Fz~-xo-m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ib
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Ab (uncountable)
  1. (title) Abbreviation of Abbot. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Abbot
    Sense id: en-Ab-en-noun-xIOhq2QF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

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