נזירות
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From נָזִיר (“nazirite, monk, ascetic”) + ־וּת (“-ness, -ism, -ity, -hood”).
Noun[edit]
נְזִירוּת • (nzirút) f
Etymology 2[edit]
From נְזִירָה (“nun, [female] ascetic”) + ־וֹת (“forming female plurals”).
Noun[edit]
נְזִירוֹת • (nzirót) f
- nuns, (religious) sisters
- וּבְכֵן, נְזִירוֹת לֹא סָתַם מַכּוֹת אֲנָשִׁים.
- Well, nuns don't just go around hitting people.
- nunnery, convent
References[edit]
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “נְזִירוּת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 410(?)