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Root ʾ-b-y

Hebrew Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ʾ-b-y𐎀-𐎁-𐎊. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: ʾ-b-y
  • אָבִיávinameT Gen.4.20
    a diminutive of the male given names אַבְרָהָם (avrahám) or אַבְנֵר (avnér)
  • אֲבִיavínounT Gen.4.20
    singular construct state form of אָב (áv): father of.
  • אָבִיבavívnounT Exod.9.31
    spring (the season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life)
  • אָבִיבavívnameT Exod.9.31
    a male given name
  • אֲבִיָּהaviyánameT Gen.19.33
    a male or female given name. The name of several Israelites; Abiah, Abijah
  • אָבִיךָavíchanounT Gen.12.1
    singular form of אָב (av) with second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
  • אָבִיךְavíchnounT Gen.12.1
    singular form of אָב (av) with second-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
  • אַבִּירabíradjT Gen.49.24
    mighty, valiant

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎀-𐎁-𐎊
  • 𐎀𐎁𐎊𐎐ảbynadj
    poor, impoverished
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Canonical root family: ʾ-b-y