tishah b'av

Questions about tishah b'av

What is another word for tishah b'av?

It depends which tishah b'av you mean. In the sense “(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem”, the synonyms are Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab, Fast of Av, Fast of Ab. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of tishah b'av?

WordNet records no antonym for tishah b'av. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for tishah b'av come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of tishah b'av

• Full entry for tishah b'avAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for tishah b'avWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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