נְשָׁא

נְשָׁאI f. (preced.) woman. Targ. Y. Deut. 22:5.Pl. נְשִׁין, נְשַׁיָּא, נְשֵׁי. Targ. Ruth 1:4. Targ. Gen. 6:2; a. fr.Tam.32a מחוזא דכוליה נ׳ a place inhabited by women only. Ber.17a הני נשי מאי זכיין Ms. M. (ed. נשים) whereby can women acquire merits? M. Kat. 28b נ׳ דשכנציב the lamenting women of ; a. v. fr.בֵּי נ׳ a) the wifes family, father-in-law b) the paternal house after the fathers death. B. Bath.12b אמצרא דבי נְשֵׁיה contiguous to the estate of his father-in-law (Rashi: of his deceased father). Sabb.23b. Ib. 156a בי נשיה in the house of his deceased father (Ms. M. נשיאה, v. גַּבָּלָא). Yeb.35a בי נְשַׁיְחוּ their (the womens) paternal home; a. e.