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gwz, gwzˀ n.m. eunuch
eunuch
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BT Meg 28a(26)↗ אתו גוואזי וקא מחו ליה‏ : the eunuchs came and were beating him
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See note s.v. gwy adj. We believe this to be a playful (folk-etymological?) development of that proper word for eunuch by connection to one or even both of its homographs! Of course some or even all of the examples could be simply due to scribal error.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 219Levy Ch-W: 1:129

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