עירית
Hebrew edit
Alternative forms edit
- אִירִית (ʾīrīt, irit)
Etymology 1 edit
Related to the rare Hebrew עְרָה (ʿərā, “to stick, to adhere”), from the root غ ر و (ḡ-r-w) frequent in Arabic related to sticking, adhesion, because glue was made from the pulverized tuber of the asphodel.
Noun edit
עִירִית • (ʿīrīṯ, 'yrit) f
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
עִירִיַּת • (ʿīriyáṯ, iriyát)
- defective spelling of עיריית: singular construct state form of עִירִיָּה (iriyá).
References edit
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 152–155
- Löw, Immanuel (1934) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 4, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 23
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 290–292