עירית
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- אִירִית (ʾīrīt, irit)
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עירית
Etymology 1
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
עִירִית • (ʿīrīṯ, 'yrit) f
- chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
- asphodel
Noun
עִירִיַּת • (ʿīriyáṯ, iriyát)
- defective spelling of עיריית: singular construct state form of עִירִיָּה (iriyá).
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 152–155
- Löw, Immanuel (1934) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 4, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 23
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 290–292