בַּגְרוּת, (v. בֶּגֶר) womanhood, (after twelve years and a half), opp. to נערות, maidenhood (between twelve and twelve and a half) and ילדות childhood (from three to twelve years). Y. Yeb. I, 3ᵃ top אין בין … לימות הב׳ וכ׳ between the period of maidenhood and that of womanhood there is no more than a six months’ interval; Keth. 39ᵃ; a. fr.