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?)
Proper noun
Abib
Translations
month
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References
- 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
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