Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The fifth month of the year in the Jewish calendar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An abbreviation of Army Veterinary Department.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August).

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  • proper noun Judaism The eleventh month of the civil Jewish calendar, or the fifth month of the ecclesiastical Jewish calendar.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Mishnaic Hebrew ’āb, from Akkadian abu, a month name (July/August).]

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From Hebrew אָב (āv), from Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).

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  • In the Jewish calendar, this is the last of three solemn weeks in preparation for Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the month of Av, which is marked by mourning for the destruction of the first and second Temples 2500 and 2000 years ago, respectively the expulsion from Spain half a millennium ago, and other tragedies that have occurred on that bloody day.

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  • In the Jewish calendar, this is the last of three solemn weeks in preparation for Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the month of Av, which is marked by mourning for the destruction of the first and second Temples 2500 and 2000 years ago, respectively the expulsion from Spain half a millennium ago, and other tragedies ...

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