אבה (perh. at least formally justified as stem of אָב (cstr. אֲבִי), so Thea (cf. infr.), but existence & mng. wholly dub.; as real √ Ba ZMG 1887. 609 ff. Ol §123c; acc . to DlW p. 22 אבה As. abû = decide, אָב = he who decides; Thes (so RobGes Nö ZMGxl,737 & cf. Sta §186 al.) makes אָב nom. prim. bilit., imitating infant's speech cf. πάππας, pappa, papa (cf. EWI §106a); also As. bab Jen ZAI886.404).
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