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אייר

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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From Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈjaʁ/
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Proper noun

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אייר / אִיָּר (iyárm

  1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)
    Synonym: זיו (Ziv)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Rosh Hashanah, section 1.3:
      וּכְשֶׁהָיָה בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּם, יוֹצְאִין אַף עַל אִיָּר מִפְּנֵי פֶסַח קָטָן:
      ukhshehayá vét hamikdásh kayám, yots'ín af al Iyár mipné Pésakh Katán.
      And when the Temple stood, they would even go out for Iyyar, on account of Second Passover.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Rosh Hashanah, 11b:
      רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּאִיָּיר הָיָה, יוֹם שֶׁמַּזַּל כִּימָה שׁוֹקֵעַ בַּיּוֹם וּמַעְיָנוֹת מִתְמַעֲטִין
      Rabí Yehoshúa omér: otó hayom shiv'á asár b'Iyár hayá, yom shemazál kimá shokéa bayom uma'yanót mitma'atín.
      Rabbi Yehoshua says: that day was the seventeenth of Iyar, the day that the Pleiades set during the day and the wellsprings are diminished.
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Etymology 2

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Root
א־ו־ר (ʾ-w-r)
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Verb

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אייר / אִיֵּר (iyér) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻיַּר)

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew אִיָּר.

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Noun

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אייר (iyerm

  1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)

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