Abib

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אָבִיב (avív, literally “ears of barley”), hence “the season of beginning barley-crop”, because the grains start ripening at that time of year. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɑˈviv/, /ˈeɪ.bɪb/, /ˈɑ.bib/^[1]^[2]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːv

Proper noun

Abib

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to the Gregorian April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. [Mid 6^th century.]^[1]

Translations

month

Irish: Áibíb f

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abib”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

Abbi, BIBA, Babi, Bábí

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abib”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

[2] Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 3

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