Avn.

Brit.

/av/, U.S.

/æv/

Forms:

α. 1500s– Ab Brit. /ab/, U.S. /æb/, 1900s– Ob.

β. 1800s– Av, 1900s– Ov.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Syriac. Etymons: Hebrew 'āḇ; Syriac 'āḇ.

Etymology: Originally < post-biblical Hebrew 'āḇ < Akkadian abu fifth month of the year, probably via Aramaic 'āḇ. In later use with reference to the twelfth month of the Syrian year < Syriac 'āḇ (Aramaic 'āḇ) < Akkadian abu. Compare post-classical Latin Ab (in an undated glossary), Aab (8th cent. in a British source), Byzantine Greek ἄβ.The forms Ab, Av reflect the Sephardic pronunciation of the Hebrew word, the forms Ob, Ov its Ashkenazic pronunciations. The β. forms predominate in modern English usage.

In the Jewish calendar: the fifth month of the religious year and eleventh of the civil year, usually coinciding with parts of July and August. Also: the twelfth month of the Syrian year.Frequently in ninth of Av: see Tisha b'Av n.

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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > in different calendars

Adara1382

Sivana1382

Tebetha1382

Ziva1382

Kislevc1384

Abib1531

Elul1535

Ethanim1535

Sebat1535

Thammuz1535

Av1560

Marcheshvan1646

Iyyar1737

Muharram1788

Brumaire1793

Fructidor1793

Germinal1793

Messidor1793

Pluviose1793

Prairial1793

Nivôse1794

Vendémiaire1799

Thermidor1801

Floreal1802

Ventôse1802

Hesvan1833

Tishri1833

Frimaire1838

α.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Num. xxxiii. 38 The fifth moneth [margin Which y^e Ebrewes call Ab, and answereth to part of Iulie & part of August].

1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers sig. P4/2 They began on the 29. of Sivan (which we name May) and ended on the 8. of Ab (or Iulie).

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal iii. vi. 72 They who kept a Fast, for the extinction of the holy Lamp..in the Reign of Ahaz, (on the 18. of Ab.) in Commemoration of the Israelites.

a1719 F. Lee Απολειπομενα (1752) I. 82 Certain Days had been..very heavy and unfortunate to the Jews; such as the..Ninth of Ab.

1793 Brit. Critic Nov. 342 Prayers and penitential psalms for the fast of Ab.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 5 On the 1st day of Ab a fast is held in commemoration of the death of Aaron..The month of Ab may begin in some years as early as the 10th July, in others as late as the 7th August.

1892 Cent. Mag. Jan. 341/2 Between the fast of Tammuz and that of Ab..all marriages and festivities were rabbinically interdicted.

1919 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 5 Aug. 12/5 Winnipeg Jews..are today observing the Fast of Ab, a festival of mourning.

1938 Vallentine's Jewish Encycl. 2/1 The 9th of Ab (Tisha be-Ab..) is a fast day commemorating the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples.

2004 B. R. Foster & N. Wyatt tr. J. Glassner Mesopotamian Chron. ii. 51 A legal document dated 28 Ab in year 3 of the reign of Musĕz̄ib-Marduk (that is July–August 690) shows that Babylon was under siege.

β. 1836 Old Paths 22 July 109/1 The ninth of the month of Av is still a fast.1882 E. G. King tr. S. Darshan Yalkut on Zechariah 63 Did not Miriam die in Nisan, and Aaron in Av?1915 G. Jeshurun tr. J. Steinberg In those Days v. 75 According to Yekil's calendar, the Eve of the Fast of the ninth of Av fell on that very day.1969 M. Epstein All About Jewish Holidays & Customs 72/1 Tishah Be-Av..falls on the ninth day of the summer month of Av.2003 L. F. Winner Mudhouse Sabbath vii. 82 On holidays such as..the Ninth of Av (which commemorates the destruction of the Temple), all observant adult Jews fast.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

A.V. n. (also AV) Authorized Version (of the Bible) (frequently with the).

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > edition > [noun] > Authorized Version

King James Bible1631

Authorized Version1755

law-bible1833

A.V.1845

He Bible1877

She Bible1877

King James1886

1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. 117/2 The oak is, in fact, less frequently mentioned in the original than in the A.V., where it occurs so often as to suggest that the oak is as conspicuous and as common in Palestine as in this country.

1868 B. F. Westcott Gen. View Hist. Eng. Bible iii. 334 In the later (Irish) editions of the ‘Rhemes and Doway’ Bible and New Testament there are considerable alterations, and the text is far nearer to that in the A.V.

1982 G. Hammond Making of Eng. Bible 237 The same phrase occurs twice in Genesis... Tyndale renders both as ‘speak kindly’. The AV follows his rendering.

2006 L. Branch Rituals of Spontaneity 256 (note) Campbell has asserted that in his early works Bunyan used..the Geneva Bible..and even the AV.

单词	av
释义	Avn. Brit. /av/, U.S. /æv/ Forms: α. 1500s– Ab Brit. /ab/, U.S. /æb/, 1900s– Ob. β. 1800s– Av, 1900s– Ov. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Syriac. Etymons: Hebrew 'āḇ; Syriac 'āḇ. Etymology: Originally < post-biblical Hebrew 'āḇ < Akkadian abu fifth month of the year, probably via Aramaic 'āḇ. In later use with reference to the twelfth month of the Syrian year < Syriac 'āḇ (Aramaic 'āḇ) < Akkadian abu. Compare post-classical Latin Ab (in an undated glossary), Aab (8th cent. in a British source), Byzantine Greek ἄβ.The forms Ab, Av reflect the Sephardic pronunciation of the Hebrew word, the forms Ob, Ov its Ashkenazic pronunciations. The β. forms predominate in modern English usage. In the Jewish calendar: the fifth month of the religious year and eleventh of the civil year, usually coinciding with parts of July and August. Also: the twelfth month of the Syrian year.Frequently in ninth of Av: see Tisha b'Av n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > in different calendars Adara1382 Sivana1382 Tebetha1382 Ziva1382 Kislevc1384 Abib1531 Elul1535 Ethanim1535 Sebat1535 Thammuz1535 Av1560 Marcheshvan1646 Iyyar1737 Muharram1788 Brumaire1793 Fructidor1793 Germinal1793 Messidor1793 Pluviose1793 Prairial1793 Nivôse1794 Vendémiaire1799 Thermidor1801 Floreal1802 Ventôse1802 Hesvan1833 Tishri1833 Frimaire1838 α. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Num. xxxiii. 38 The fifth moneth [margin Which y^e Ebrewes call Ab, and answereth to part of Iulie & part of August]. 1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers sig. P4/2 They began on the 29. of Sivan (which we name May) and ended on the 8. of Ab (or Iulie). 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal iii. vi. 72 They who kept a Fast, for the extinction of the holy Lamp..in the Reign of Ahaz, (on the 18. of Ab.) in Commemoration of the Israelites. a1719 F. Lee Απολειπομενα (1752) I. 82 Certain Days had been..very heavy and unfortunate to the Jews; such as the..Ninth of Ab. 1793 Brit. Critic Nov. 342 Prayers and penitential psalms for the fast of Ab. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 5 On the 1st day of Ab a fast is held in commemoration of the death of Aaron..The month of Ab may begin in some years as early as the 10th July, in others as late as the 7th August. 1892 Cent. Mag. Jan. 341/2 Between the fast of Tammuz and that of Ab..all marriages and festivities were rabbinically interdicted. 1919 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 5 Aug. 12/5 Winnipeg Jews..are today observing the Fast of Ab, a festival of mourning. 1938 Vallentine's Jewish Encycl. 2/1 The 9th of Ab (Tisha be-Ab..) is a fast day commemorating the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples. 2004 B. R. Foster & N. Wyatt tr. J. Glassner Mesopotamian Chron. ii. 51 A legal document dated 28 Ab in year 3 of the reign of Musĕz̄ib-Marduk (that is July–August 690) shows that Babylon was under siege. β. 1836 Old Paths 22 July 109/1 The ninth of the month of Av is still a fast.1882 E. G. King tr. S. Darshan Yalkut on Zechariah 63 Did not Miriam die in Nisan, and Aaron in Av?1915 G. Jeshurun tr. J. Steinberg In those Days v. 75 According to Yekil's calendar, the Eve of the Fast of the ninth of Av fell on that very day.1969 M. Epstein All About Jewish Holidays & Customs 72/1 Tishah Be-Av..falls on the ninth day of the summer month of Av.2003 L. F. Winner Mudhouse Sabbath vii. 82 On holidays such as..the Ninth of Av (which commemorates the destruction of the Temple), all observant adult Jews fast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas AV AV n. alternative vote (see alternative vote n. at alternative adj. and n. 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ΚΠ 1951 Billboard 23 June 14/1 The A-V firm is affiliated with Audio-Video Recording and Audio-Video Products companies here.] 1978 Billboard 18 Feb. 50/4 The Beta or VHS systems also widely used in the A/V market. 2006 Esquire Feb. 97/2 You will need to connect the red and white audio cables through the AV sockets to add sound. extracted from An. AV AV adj. (also A-V) audio-visual.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from uses with the sense ‘audio/video’. ΚΠ 1970 Billboard 1 Aug. 14/2 BASF offers reel-to-reel and cassette tapes in the A-V educational market. 2010 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 13 Jan. The much-talked about convergence between PCs and audio-visual (AV) equipment is a task that is becoming fuss-free. extracted from An. A.V. A.V. n. (also AV) Authorized Version (of the Bible) (frequently with the). 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