أ ب وʾ-b-w
[ab]: father; one of the five nouns (al-asmāʾ al-khamsah), in the nominative أَبُوabū, in the accusative أَبَاabā, in the genitive أَبِيabī; figuratively: elder, origin and source (أَبُو الْخَيْرِabū al-khayr); feminine: أُمّumm (a separate root). ﴿مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ اَبَآ اَحَدٍ مِّنْ رِّجَالِكُمْ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:40)Plural: ābāʾ. ﴿بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ اَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَآءَنَا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:170)