ninth of ab

Questions about ninth of ab

What does ninth of ab mean?

ninth of ab means "(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem".

What is another word for ninth of ab?

Close synonyms include Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ninth of ab a common word?

ninth of ab is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.