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أَب

aban

a father

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Root letters: أ ب وAppears 46 times in the Qur'an#248 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 25

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: أ ب و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَبًۭا46 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi · 9 times
  • يَـٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabati · 8 times
  • يَـٰٓأَبَانَاO our fatheryāabānā · 4 times
  • أَبِيكُمْ(of) your fatherabīkum · 3 times
  • أَبِى(of) my fatherabī · 3 times
  • يَـٰٓأَبَانَآO our fatheryāabānā · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root أ ب و — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And they came to their father at night, weeping.

Surah 12:16 — Read full ayah

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

Surah 111:1 — Read full ayah

They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."

Surah 12:61 — Read full ayah