آب
Arabic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːb
Etymology 1
From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, “Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).
Proper noun
آب • (ʾāb) m
Declension
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | آب ʾāb |
— |
| Nominative | — | آبُ ʾābu |
— |
| Accusative | — | آبَ ʾāba |
— |
| Genitive | — | آبَ ʾāba |
— |
Etymology 2
From the root ء و ب (ʾ-w-b).
Verb
آبَ • (ʾāba) I, non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʾūbu)
Conjugation
| verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
ʾawb or ʾawba or ʾiyāb or maʾāb | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
آئِب ʾāʾib | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʾūb | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʾubtu |
ʾubta |
آبَ ʾāba |
أُبْتُمَا ʾubtumā |
آبَا ʾābā |
ʾubnā |
ʾubtum |
ʾābū | |||
| f | ʾubti |
ʾābat |
آبَتَا ʾābatā |
ʾubtunna |
ʾubna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʾaʾūbu |
taʾūbu |
yaʾūbu |
تَأُوبَانِ or تَؤُوبَانِ taʾūbāni |
يَأُوبَانِ or يَؤُوبَانِ yaʾūbāni |
naʾūbu |
taʾūbūna |
yaʾūbūna | |||
| f | taʾūbīna |
taʾūbu |
تَأُوبَانِ or تَؤُوبَانِ taʾūbāni |
taʾubna |
yaʾubna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʾaʾūba |
taʾūba |
yaʾūba |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʾūbā |
يَأُوبَا or يَؤُوبَا yaʾūbā |
naʾūba |
taʾūbū |
yaʾūbū | |||
| f | taʾūbī |
taʾūba |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʾūbā |
taʾubna |
yaʾubna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʾaʾub |
taʾub |
yaʾub |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʾūbā |
يَأُوبَا or يَؤُوبَا yaʾūbā |
naʾub |
taʾūbū |
yaʾūbū | |||
| f | taʾūbī |
taʾub |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʾūbā |
taʾubna |
yaʾubna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر |
m | أُبْ ʾub |
أُوبَا ʾūbā |
ʾūbū |
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| f | ʾūbī |
ʾubna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | — | — | ʾība |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | — | — | yuʾābu |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | — | — | yuʾāba |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | — | — | yuʾab |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Gilaki
Hazaragi
References
- G. K. Dulling, The Hazaragi dialect of Afghan Persian (1973)
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːb/
Noun
آب • (āb) m (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)
Usage notes
آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.
Declension
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References
- S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1 (in Kashmiri), Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 138
Kermanic
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
Persian
Alternative forms
- او (ow)
Etymology
From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːb/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːb/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ɒːb/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɔb/
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [aw]
Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sindhi
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic آب (ʾāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).
See also
| Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) |
شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ) |
شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār) |
شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār) |
شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān) |
شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz) |
شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb) |
| September | October | November | December |
| شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl) |
شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) |
شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) |
شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal) |
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːb/