נָתַץ

נָתַץ(b. h.) to chip off; to tear down. Neg. XIII, 2 בזמן שהוא נוֹתֵץ נותץ את שלו when he has to tear down (Lev. 14:45), he must chip off his part of the house, contrad. to חָלַץ; Tosef. ib. VI, 10. Ib. בנתיצה נותץ אתוכ׳ (not נותן) when he has to tear down, he must chop those stones which are affected as well as those which are not; a. fr. Nif. נִיתַּץ to be torn down. Ab. Zar.53b עד שיִנָּתֵץ רובו until the largest part of it is torn down; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 8 שינתן (corr. acc.). Neg. XIII, 1; a. fr. Hof. הוּתַּץ same. Ab. Zar. III, 9 אם חדש יוּתַּץ if the oven was new, it must be taken apart; Pes.26b; a. fr.