מיעוטא

מִיעוּטָאch. sam( מִיעוּט, מִעוּט m. (מָעַט) reduction of size, the space reduced). Erub.77a אי אהני מ׳ if the reduction has any effect. Yeb.119a סמוך מ׳ דמפילותוכ׳ add the minority of miscarrying women to the half of female births, and the male births will be a minority. Ḥull.6a, a. fr. חייש למ׳ takes into consideration the minority (the possibility of the rarer cases). Yeb.119b, a. e. מ׳ דמ׳ לא חייִש a minority of a minority he does not take into consideration. Kidd.80a מ׳ כמאן דליתא דמי a minority is considered as non-existentPl. מִיעוּטֵי. Snh.45b, sq. דריש ריבויי ומ׳, v. preced.