אָוִיר, open, empty space, blank. Ohol. IV, 1 a tower שעומד בא׳ standing isolated. Ib. XVIII, 10 אוירָהּ של חצר the open space in the court-yard.—B. Bath. 163ᵃ
אָוִיר, (cmp. b. h. מְאוּרָה) hollow, cavity of a vessel. Kel. II, 1 מיתטמאין ומטמאין בא׳ become unclean and make unclean by contact with the hollow (of the vessel).—Yeb. 67ᵇ נפק לא׳ העולם came forth into the lighted space of the world, i.e. was born; a. fr.
אָוִיר, (cmp. ἀήρ, aër) air, atmosphere, climate, weather. Num. R. s. 14 הא׳ שממנו וכ׳ (as one of the elements of nature) out of which the wind was made.—Gen. R. s. 34 א׳ יפה fine weather; a. fr.—Pl. אֲוִירִיןblank spaces in writings. B. Bath. 163ᵃ.—אֲוִירוֹת climates. Gen. R. s. 34 ברית נחלקה לא׳ a covenant has been made in favor of climates, i.e. God has implanted in man a love of his native soil even in bad climates.