לָתָא

לָתָאf. (לות, denom. of לְוָת, to join, attach, v. P. Sm. 1920) 1) fellowship, company. Yeb.29a גזירה אחותה משום ל׳ דידה they made her sister subject to Ḥălitsah (v. חֲלִיצָה) on account of her associate in the case (i. e. her sister). 2) that which clings to a person, fate, luck. B. Mets.20b משום לְתָאִי דידי פקע the cedar column burst in my luck (to avenge the wrong done me). Ib. 106a משום לְתָאָךְ הוא (לָתָךְ דידך) it happened in thy (bad) luck; משום לתאי in my bad luck.