how to say “dried fruit” in Hebrew

 

פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים

 

Today in Israel sales of dried fruits will be up by several hundred percent as the country marks the occasion of ט”וּ בִּשְׁבָט  listen and repeat Tu Bishvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat – when Jews celebrate the budding of spring.
 
The word for fruit is פְּרִי  listen and repeat (note the similarity to the English word), while fruits are פֵּרוֹת  listen and repeat – spelled פירות when not vocalized, so as not to confuse the word with פָּרוֹת  listen and repeat cows.
 
Dried fruits are פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים  listen and repeat, where the root י.ב.שׁ (y.b.sh) gets plugged into the passive-intensive verb form to render מְיֻבָּשׁ  listen and repeat dried.
 
אֲנִי אוֹהֵב מַנְגוֹאִים וּתְאֵנִים מְיֻבָּשִׁים, וְכַמּוּבָן תְּמָרִים.
I like dried mangoes and figs, and of course dates.
 
אֵלּוּ פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים אַתֶּם אוֹהֲבִים?
Which dried fruits do you (all) like?

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