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fathers

18 occurrences across 4 Arabic/Persian roots

ا- ب- و
(ʾ-b-w) — father; fathers; Abi

“fathers” accounts for 6 of 20 occurrences of this root (30%)

Forms seen

آباء ×2 ابائک ×1 آبائکم ×1 آبَاؤنَا ×1 آبَائِكَ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

fathers 30% father 20% abú-‘abdi’lláh 10% sires 5% sire 5% father of 5% abú-‘ámir 5% abú-‘amír 5% abú-‘alí 5% abu-nasr 5% abi-’abdi’llah 5%

Examples

ESW §85: ابائک: fathersGWB §293: آبائکم: your fathersKIQ §10: آبَاؤنَا: our fathersAhmad §12: آبَائِكَ: of thy fathersGWB §44: آباء: fathersKIQ §81: آباء: fathers

أ- ب- و
(ʾ-b-w) — father; fathers; to father of

“fathers” accounts for 5 of 10 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

أب ×1 آبائکم ×1 وَلِآبَائِنَا ×1 آباءَنَا ×1 آبائَهُمْ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

fathers 50% parents 10% generations 10% forefathers 10% father 10% abu-ja’far 10%

Examples

GWB §452: أب: the fathersKIQ §162: آباءَنَا: fathersP&M §758: آبائَهُمْ: fathersGWB §537: آبائکم: your fathersGWB §631: وَلِآبَائِنَا: our fathers

ء- ب- و
(ʾ-b-w) — father; fathers/forefathers

“fathers” accounts for 4 of 9 occurrences of this root (44%)

Forms seen

آبائكم ×1 آبای ×1 بِآبائِنا ×1 آباء ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

fathers 44% father 44% your 11%

Examples

GWB §245: آبائكم: your fathersKIQ §201: آبای: their fathersKIQ §231: بِآبائِنا: our fathersKIQ §46: آباء: fathers

پ- د- ر
(p-d-r) — father; fathers

“fathers” accounts for 3 of 8 occurrences of this root (38%)

Forms seen

پدرها ×1 پدران ×1 پدرهای ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

fathers 38% father 38% fatherless 25%

Examples

KIQ §118: پدرها: fathersKIQ §229: پدران: fathersKIQ §231: پدرهای: our fathers

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

father (11) abú-‘abdi’lláh (2) fatherless (2)