Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

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Proper noun edit

אייר / אִיָּר (iyárm

  1. Iyar (second month)
    Synonym: זיו (Ziv)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:3:
      וּכְשֶׁהָיָה בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּם, יוֹצְאִין אַף עַל אִיָּר מִפְּנֵי פֶסַח קָטָן:
      U-kh-she-hayá véit ha-miqdásh qayyám, yots'ín af al Iyyár mipné Pésaḥ Qaṭán.
      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
      Rabbii Yehoshúa omér: otó ha-yom shiv'á 'asár b-Iyyár hayá, yom she-mazál kimá shoqéa' ba-yom u-ma'yanót mitma'aṭín.
      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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Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew אִיָּר.

Noun edit

אייר (iyerm

  1. Iyar (eighth month)

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