נזירות

Hebrew

Etymology 1

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

Noun

נְזִירוּת • (nzirút) f

1. abstinence, asceticism, especially nazariteship
2. monasticism, monkhood, nunhood

Etymology 2

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

Noun

נְזִירוֹת • (nzirót) f

1. nuns, (religious) sisters

   וּבְכֵן, נְזִירוֹת לֹא סָתַם מַכּוֹת אֲנָשִׁים.

   Well, nuns don't just go around hitting people.

2. nunnery, convent

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “נְזִירוּת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 410(?)