אָבִיב
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. spring (the season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life) (countable, uncountable)
2. early stage of ripening, especially of grains
3. season of beginning barley-crop
a. the month of Nissan, corresponding to around April, the month in which the barley crop begins to ripen. (Biblical)
4. also, the offering of the first fruits (בכורים) (on Passover)
5. years of one's life (in the plural)
Pronunciation
avív
Examples90
באָבִיב הַיָּמִים מתארכים.
In spring, the days become longer.
בשוויץ מַגִּיעַ הָאָבִיב במַאי.
In Switzerland, spring comes in May.
אֲנִי לֹא אוֹהֵב אֵת הָאָבִיב.
I do not like spring.
אֲנִי לֹא אוֹהֶבֶת אֵת הָאָבִיב.
I do not like spring.
תּוֹם ומרי יַעֲשׂוּ זֹאת באָבִיב הַבָּא.
Tom and Mary are going to do that next spring.
מֵאָז הָאָבִיב הִיא נשיאת הַמְּדִינָה.
Since spring, she has been the president of the country.