Jastrow: פְּרִי

פְּרִי, פֶּרִי, פֶּירִי m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) fruit, produce; fruition, usufruct; profit, interest. Ber. VI, 1 (35ᵃ) על פירות … בורא פְּ׳ העץ over fruits of trees you must say, (blessed be thou &c.) who hast created the fruit of the tree; על פירות הארץ … בורא פ׳ האדמה over growths from the ground you must say; … who hast created the products of the soil. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ הפירי, v. בָּחַל II. Ḥull. 79ᵃ פ׳ עם האם the copulation of a hybrid issue with its mother; a. v. fr.—Pl. פִּרוֹת, פֵּי׳. Ber. l. c., v. supra. Gitt. 47ᵇ, a. e. המוכר שדהו לפ׳ if a man sells his field for the usufruct (for a number of years). Ib. קנין פ׳ כקנין הגיף דמי possession of the usufruct is like ownership of a field (for the time being). Keth. IX, 1 הרי זה אוכל פ׳ בחייה he has the usufruct (of her property) during her lifetime. Ib. פֵּירֵי פ׳ (פֵּרֵי) the usufruct of the produce of the produce, i.e. of the income invested. Peah I, 1 אלו דברים שאדם אוכל פּירוֹתֵיהֶן וכ׳ these are the things of which a man enjoys the interest (for which man is rewarded) in this world, whereas the principal remains for the hereafter. Tosef. ib. I, 2 זכות יש לה קרן ויש לה פ׳ a good deed yields a principal (for the hereafter), and bears interest (in this world); ib. 3 עבירה יש לה קרן ואין לה פ׳ sin creates a capital, but bears no interest; עבירה שעושה פ׳ יש לה פ׳ a sin which bears fruit (influences other people for bad) bears fruit (is punished in this world); Kidd. 40ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Midr. Sam. ch. IV פְּרָיִין שלו its fruits.