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mzh, mztˀ (mi/azzā, mi/azzəṯā) n.f. hair
hair
OfAIdeog., Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
Geop 105:9↗ ܢܣܦܪ ܗܠܝܢ ܡܙ̈ܐ ܕܠܐܦ̈ܝ ܕܘܢܒܗ ܩܪܝܒܢ ܨܝܕ ܡܚ̈ܣܢܘܗܝ‏ : he should cut off those hairs toward its tail near to its genitals ; BT Meg 16a(17)↗ לא יכילנא אדאזילנא ונשקול במזיי וסחינא‏ : I cannot (appear before the king) until I go, cut my hair, and wash myself ; ATS 1.2:797↗ uqurqbana ukabda ugabaruta umarba umaška umanzia : the gullet, liver, penis, womb, skin, and hair ; PJ Deut21:12↗ ותספר ית מזייא דרישא‏ : you should cut her head's hair
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pl: mezzīn, -ayyā, -ē, Mand. manzia; the unique JBA emph. מזיא may be a JLA form, a back-formation from the plural, or simply an error
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Originally "goat hair;" see s.v. mˁzy with the ayin replaced by consonant doubling.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 734[378]DJBA: 653bJastrow: 754Drower/Macuch: 248aJ. Payne-Smith: 263Levy Ch-W: 2:20DNWSI: 609BarBahlul: 1050:17

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