Arab Weather - August is the eighth month in the Gregorian calendar, known in the Arab East as (Abb), and in the Arabian Gulf, Yemen, Egypt and Sudan, they call it (August) from the Roman solar word (August), and in the Arab Maghreb (Aut) from the French word (About).
The word Ab is of Babylonian origin meaning (hostility) due to the intense heat, and the month was dedicated (to the fire gods). It may be (Syriac) meaning “yields and seasons” or ripe fruits, and it is possible that the name is from the Arabic word (ay) which means plants and pasture as mentioned in the Holy Quran in (Surat Abasa) verse (31) and the Almighty’s saying: (And fruits and herbage).
The month of July in the collective heritage of the Arab Levant
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 Julius Caesar) had named the seventh month ( July ) after him and made its days 31 days, so he ordered that the eighth month (August) be named after him in imitation of his predecessor, and that one day be added to the month of August, which originally had (30) days, to become (31) days at the expense of the month of February. And the number of days in February decreased 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 the month of August. Thus, the months of (July and August) are the only two consecutive months in one Gregorian year that have 31 days.
August is the month of summer fruits par excellence, especially watermelons, grapes, figs, prickly pears, peaches, plums and nectarines.
The following are the most famous oral proverbs used in the Arab Levant about the month of August:
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