עֲרִירִי, [stripped,] lonely, childless. Gen. R. s. 44. Yeb. 55ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XX, 20 a. 21) יש לו בנים קובדן … הולך ע׳ if he had children (at the time he committed the sin), he will bury them; if he had none, he will remain childless. Y. Snh. VII, 24ᶜ לצורך יצאת לידון בע׳ it is specified (in Lev. XX, 20) for a purpose, namely for the punishment of ʿăriri (death without leaving issue).—Pl. עֲרִירִים. Ib. כל אתר דתימר ע׳ יהיו … ע׳ ימותו וכ׳ wherever the text says, ‘they shall be lonely’, it means, they shall be without children, where it says, ‘they shall die lonely’, it means they shall bury their children (v. supra); a. e.—[ערירין, Y. Keth. VI, 30ᵈ אשכחינון ע׳, v. עֲרַר I.]