פֵּירָא II, = h. פֶּרִי, fruit, crop. B. Bath. 36ᵇ פ׳ רבא the large crop (of grain); פ׳ זוטא the small crop (of vegetables &c.). Succ. 31ᵇ לא גמר פ׳ the fruit (Ethrog) is not ripe. Ber. 39ᵃ פ׳ עדיף fruit (vegetable) has the preference (over meat, for the purposes of benediction); a. fr.—Trnsf. fruition, usufruct. Keth. 79ᵃ זרדתא … אמרי לה פ׳ some say the right of felling service-trees or fishing in a pond comes under the category of usufruct, opp. קרנא property (which the heir may sell). Ib.ᵇ פ׳ תקינו … פ׳ דפ׳ וכ׳ the Rabbis allowed the husband the usufruct (the births of the animals belonging to his wife), but not the fruition of the usufruct (e.g. the fine which the thief has to pay for stealing the calf). Ib. עיילא ליה גלימא פ׳ הוי וכ׳ if she brought in a cloak, he has the use of it, he may cover himself with it, until it is worn out; a. fr.—Pl. פֵּירֵי, פֵּירִין, פֵּר׳. Targ. Gen. I, 11, sq. Targ. Prov. VIII, 19 פִּרְיַי; a. fr.—Shebu. 48ᵃ פ׳ עבידי דמרקבי fruits are liable to rot; a. fr.