מְעַט

מְעַטI ch., Pa. מַעֵט same, to reduce; to exclude. Yoma 74a למַעוּטֵי מאי … למַ׳וכ׳ this ‘none but is to exclude what (whom)?… It excludes the king; Shebu.31a Ms. M. (ed. לאפוקי); a. fr. Ithpe. אִימְּעִיט to be reduced; to be excluded. Erub.79b דא׳ מאיתמול when its size was reduced the day before; a. e.