נַעֲרוּת, (preced.) youth; vitality; puerility. Ex. R. s. 1, v. נָעַר II Nif.—Kidd. IV, 14 משמרתו … בנַעֲרוּתוֹ the Law guards him from all evil while he is young. Deut. R. s. 8, end. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. XXXVII, 2) שהיה עושה מעשה נ׳ he acted puerilely (was vain); a. fr.—Esp. maidenhood, the age or the legal status of a נַעֲרָה. Y. Yeb. I, 3ᵃ top, v. בַּגְרוּת; Kidd. 4ᵃ bot. סימני נ׳ the symptoms of maidenhood (puberty); a. fr.