נזירות

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From נָזִיר (“nazirite, monk, ascetic”) +‎ ־וּת (“-ness, -ism, -ity, -hood”).

Noun

נְזִירוּת • (nzirút) f

Etymology 2

From נְזִירָה (“nun, [female] ascetic”) +‎ ־וֹת (“forming female plurals”).

Noun

נְזִירוֹת • (nzirót) f

nuns, (religious) sisters
וּבְכֵן, נְזִירוֹת לֹא סָתַם מַכּוֹת אֲנָשִׁים.
Well, nuns don't just go around hitting people.
nunnery, convent

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “נְזִירוּת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 410(?)

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