אִיגֶּרֶת

אִגֶּרֶת, אִיגֶּרֶתf. (b. h. אִגֶּ׳; נגר, to join, v. esp. Snh.11b; ושלש איגרותוכ׳) tablet, letter, brief, document. Git. IX, 3 (formula of a letter of divorce) ספר … וא׳ … וגטוכ׳. Ib. 85b ולא … איגרת … אלא אגרת one must not write (in the letter of divorce) egereth with אי׳ which might mean roof (v. אִיגָר), but Keth.64a; Y.Kid. I, 59a bot. א׳ מרד a document stating a wifes disobedience. Y.Meg.IV, 75b top; Y.Snh.I, 19b top א׳ ביקורת a document fixing the value of a property, v. אַכְרָזָה.Pl. אִגָּרוֹת, אִיגָּרוֹת. M. Kat. III, 3 א׳ של רשות secular, social correspondence, opp. religious correspondence; cmp. Y. ib. 82a bot.; (commentaries: documents of secular government, v. רָשוּת). Ib.; B. Mets.I, 8 א׳ שום א׳ מזון documents relating to legal assessment and to alimony.