أَبَ Abu in Arabic
أَبَ is how you say “Abu” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
تَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُخَاطِبُ مُنْذُ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ يَا أَبَ هُرَيْرَةَ
You know whom you have been addressing for three nights, O Abu Hurayrah.
أَبَ Abu
This is the 'father-of' element of a teknonym (a by-name built from 'father of...'), here in its address shape because the call-particle governs it. It heads the by-name and links to the part after it to form the full nickname of the person hailed.
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فَقَالَ لِيَّ أَحَدُهُمْ يَا أَبَ الْقَاسِمُ أَنتَ
Then one of them said to me, "O Abu al-Qasim, are you?"
أَبَ father
'Father (of)', the lead word of a teknonym (an 'Abu so-and-so' nickname). Standing right after the call-particle, it is in the addressed form, and it leans on the name after it to complete the title 'O father of al-Qasim'.