Ab
nounproper nounproper nounnounnounattested in dialogue
- United States//ɑb//
- United States//æb//
Av.
noun
- 1
Variant of antibodySymbol for antibody.
Etymology
The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody.
proper noun
- 1
Av.
The Book of Lamentations is chanted in the synagogue on the ninth of Ab.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).
proper noun
- 1
A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
Etymology
Short form of Abner.
noun
- 1
datedIn 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
datedAn Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
Etymology
From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.
noun
- 1
Variant of AbbotAbbreviation of Abbot.
Etymology
Abbreviation.
Forms
- plural
- Abs