At the beginning of August, he learned about the collective heritage of the Arab Levant
Weather of Arabia - The month of August is considered the eighth month in the Gregorian Roman solar calendar (GREGORRIAN CALENDER), known in the Arab East as (August), and in the Arabian Gulf, Yemen, Egypt and Sudan they call it (August) from the Roman solar word (August) -, and in The Maghreb (Aout) comes from the French pronunciation (Aout). .
What does the word father mean?
The word Ab is of Babylonian origin and means (hostility) because of the intense heat, and the month was dedicated (to the gods of fire). It may be (Syriac) meaning “crops and seasons” or ripe fruits, and it is possible that the name comes from the Arabic word (ab), which means plant and pasture, as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an in Surat Abs, verse 31, and the Almighty says: (And fruit and father).
Number of days in August
The number of days in the month of August is (31) days, and it is the fifth month of seven months that have (31) days. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Emperor Octavius Augustus decided that Emperor July Caesar had given his name to the seventh Gregorian month (July) and that he made its days 31 days. Therefore, he ordered that the eighth Gregorian month be named after him (August) in imitation of his predecessor, and that one day be added. Until the month of August, which was originally 30 days, now 31 days at the expense of the month of February. Let the number of days in February decrease from (29) days to (28) days, after taking one day from it and adding it to the month of July, and taking another day from it and adding it to August. Thus, the months of July and August are the only two consecutive months in a single calendar year that have 31 days.
Popular proverbs for the month of August
The month of August is considered the month of summer fruits par excellence, especially watermelon, grapes, figs, cactus, peaches, peaches and plums.
Below are the most famous popular oral proverbs circulating in the Arab Levant about the month of August:
- (August of the flames), meaning that it is a very hot month, and the word (the flames) is taken from the word “lahab,” which is the head or tongue of a burning fire.
- In (August, cut the grape harvest and do not be afraid), meaning that the grape harvests will have completely ripened due to the intense heat of the month of August.
- (The last ten days of August...a door opens for winter) meaning “breaking the poison” of heat in the last ten days of August.
- (Indeed, does the father frown in summer?) Meaning: “Summer has become more intense, and then it has subsided.”
- (I'll take off my boots and put on clogs)
- (May they meet loved ones)
- (Hawaii July and Shawi August...(The air moves in July and stagnates in August so that we feel the temperature is higher than reality).
- (For those who do not sow in August, the fat of a wild animal in their heart. (Winning is separating the wheat and barley grains from the hay after the threshing process in July), as this process succeeds in August because of its light winds, which does not allow the hay to be lost, and whoever winnows in September will waste the effort he put into it. His heart became fat due to the change in weather, the intensification of the winds, and the possibility of rain
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