עירית

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• אִירִית (ʾīrīt, irit)

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

1. chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
2. asphodel

Etymology 2

Noun

עִירִיַּת • (ʿīriyáṯ, iriyát)

1. defective spelling of עיריית: singular construct state form of עִירִיָּה (iriyá)‎.

References

• 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