أبتِ
Root: أ ب و
تستعمل في النداء فقط، وأصلها أبي ثم أبدلتَ ياء المتكلم تاءً
🇬🇧 Translation:
Used exclusively for vocative addresses, its origin is 'abii' (my father) where the first-person singular possessive pronoun (ya') was replaced with the letter ta'.
Example / Citation:
- " يا أبتِ
- {يَاأَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- "Ya abati (O my father)
- {O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars}"
Arabic - English Dictionary