כחש

כְּחַשch. same, to be lean, weak; v. כָּחִיש.Snh.95a כ׳ חיליה his strength failed him. B. Mets. 104b (prov.) תִּכְחוֹש ארעא ולא לִיכְּחוּש מרה Ms. M. (ed. כחשא) let the land deteriorate (exhausted by strong seeds) rather than that its owner become reduced (by reduced income); a. e. Af. אַכְחַש 1) to reduce, weaken, impair. Nidd.47b; Yeb.97a אַכְחֲשוּחזּ reduce him (by scanty food); B. Bath. 155b אכחשיה Ms. M. (corr. acc., ed. ליכחוש, v. infra). B. Kam.34a את מַכְחֲשָׁהּ ואנאוכ׳ thou didst ruin her (by neglect), and I should pay for it? 2) to contradict. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. אַכְחֲשָׁחּ קדמה he contradicted her (his wife) in her (the servants) presence. Ithpe. אִתְכְּחִיש, אִיכְּחוּש 1) to reduce ones self, to be reduced. B. Bath. l. c. לִיכְּחוּש let him reduce himself. B. Mets. l. c., v. supra. 2) to be contradicted, rebutted. B. Kam.74a מִתְכַּחֲשֵׁי are contradicted, contrad to מיתומי, v. זְמַם I.Snh.81b אִתְכְּחוּש בבדיקות they contradicted each other in cross-examinations, v. בְּדִיקָה.