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Ab

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"

Translingual

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Ab

  2. (chemistry, obsolete) Obsolete chemical symbol for alabamine, now named astatine.
    Synonym: At

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English

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Etymology 1

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The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Ab (plural Abs)

  2. (immunology) Symbol for antibody.
    Synonyms: Ig, immunoglobulin
    Antonyms: Ag, antigen

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).

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Proper noun

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Ab (plural Abs)

  1. (Judaism) Av. [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]
    • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 56:
      The Book of Lamentations is chanted in the synagogue on the ninth of Ab.

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Etymology 3

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Short form of Abner.

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Proper noun

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Ab

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.

Etymology 4

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From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”),
ib
Z1
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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.
  2. (dated) An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (
    ib
    ).
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Etymology 5

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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Ab (uncountable)

  1. (title) Abbreviation of Abbot.

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Ab”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German abbāt, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

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Ab m (plural Abte, diminutive Abche)

  1. (westernmost Ripuarian) An abbot, monastic superior of an abbey

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Hebrew אָב.

Proper noun

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Ab

  1. Av (fifth month of the Jewish calendar)

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).

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Ab m

  1. (Judaism) Av, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Ab
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Ab nAb hAb tAb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

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Noun

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Ab

  1. (Finland) abbreviation of aktiebolag

Usage notes

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Ab is used in Finnish Swedish. In Sweden, the abbreviation of aktiebolag is AB.

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