CAL: zwṭˀ, zwṭy

small

JBA, Man, LJLA

BT Ket 66b(17)↗ עיסקא זוטא דזוטא זיינא‏ˁysqˀ zwṭˀ dzwṭˀ zyynˀܥܝܣܩܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܙܘܛܐ ܙܝܝܢܐ‏ܥܝܣܩܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܙܘܛܐ ܙܝܝܢܐ‏ˁysqˀ zwṭˀ dzwṭˀ zyynˀעיסקא זוטא דזוטא זיינא‏ܥܝܣܩܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܙܘܛܐ ܙܝܝܢܐ‏ܥܝܣܩܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܙܘܛܐ ܙܝܝܢܐ‏ : a minor business deal whose (possible) loss is small ; GY 189:11 ↗ baiia buta ḏnapša rba ulazuṭa : he prays a prayer that is plentiful, great and not paltry ; TgIChron 18:17↗ בניהו בר יהוידע ממנא על סנדרי רבתא ועל סנדרי זוטא‏bnyhw br yhwydˁ mmnˀ ˁl sndry rbtˀ wˁl sndry zwṭˀܒܢܝܗܘ ܒܪ ܝܗܘܝܕܥ ܡܡܢܐ ܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܙܘܛܐ‏ܒܢܝܗܘ ܒܪ ܝܗܘܝܕܥ ܡܡܢܐ ܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܙܘܛܐ‏bnyhw br yhwydˁ mmnˀ ˁl sndry rbtˀ wˁl sndry zwṭˀבניהו בר יהוידע ממנא על סנדרי רבתא ועל סנדרי זוטא‏ܒܢܝܗܘ ܒܪ ܝܗܘܝܕܥ ܡܡܢܐ ܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܙܘܛܐ‏ܒܢܝܗܘ ܒܪ ܝܗܘܝܕܥ ܡܡܢܐ ܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܥܠ ܣܢܕܪܝ ܙܘܛܐ‏ : PN was appointed over the large sanhedrin and over the small sanhedrin

(1)

young, little (boy)

Syr, JBA

Bbah 679:25 text not cited ; BT San 69b(37)↗ דלמא אברהם זוטא דאחיה הוה‏dlmˀ ˀbrhm zwṭˀ dˀḥyh hwhܕܠܡܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܐܚܝܗ ܗܘܗ‏ܕܠܡܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܐܚܝܗ ܗܘܗ‏dlmˀ ˀbrhm zwṭˀ dˀḥyh hwhדלמא אברהם זוטא דאחיה הוה‏ܕܠܡܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܐܚܝܗ ܗܘܗ‏ܕܠܡܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܐܚܝܗ ܗܘܗ‏ : perhaps Abraham was the youngest of his brothers

(2)

short

JBA, LJLA

(1)

physical

BT BQ 55a(25)↗ משום דהאי אריך ק^ע^קיה, והאי זוטא ק{{א}}^ע^קיה‏mšwm dhˀy ˀryk q^ˁ^qyh; whˀy zwṭˀ q{{ˀ}}^ˁ^qyhܡܫܘܡ ܕܗܐܝ ܐܪܝܟ ܩ^ܥ^ܩܝܗ܃ ܘܗܐܝ ܙܘܛܐ ܩ‍{‍‍{‍ܐ‍}‍‍}‍^ܥ^ܩܝܗ‏ܡܫܘܡ ܕܗܐܝ ܐܪܝܟ ܩ^ܥ^ܩܝܗ܃ ܘܗܐܝ ܙܘܛܐ ܩ‍{‍‍{‍ܐ‍}‍‍}‍^ܥ^ܩܝܗ‏mšwm dhˀy ˀryk q^ˁ^qyh; whˀy zwṭˀ q{{ˀ}}^ˁ^qyhמשום דהאי אריך ק^ע^קיה, והאי זוטא ק{{א}}^ע^קיה‏ܡܫܘܡ ܕܗܐܝ ܐܪܝܟ ܩ^ܥ^ܩܝܗ܃ ܘܗܐܝ ܙܘܛܐ ܩ‍{‍‍{‍ܐ‍}‍‍}‍^ܥ^ܩܝܗ‏ܡܫܘܡ ܕܗܐܝ ܐܪܝܟ ܩ^ܥ^ܩܝܗ܃ ܘܗܐܝ ܙܘܛܐ ܩ‍{‍‍{‍ܐ‍}‍‍}‍^ܥ^ܩܝܗ‏ : because this one's neck is long and that one's neck is short

(2)

chronological

BT AZ 8a(27)↗ יומי זוטי ויומי אריכי‏ywmy zwṭy wywmy ˀrykyܝܘܡܝ ܙܘܛܝ ܘܝܘܡܝ ܐܪܝܟܝ‏ܝܘܡܝ ܙܘܛܝ ܘܝܘܡܝ ܐܪܝܟܝ‏ywmy zwṭy wywmy ˀrykyיומי זוטי ויומי אריכי‏ܝܘܡܝ ܙܘܛܝ ܘܝܘܡܝ ܐܪܝܟܝ‏ܝܘܡܝ ܙܘܛܝ ܘܝܘܡܝ ܐܪܝܟܝ‏ ; TgIChron 11:22↗ ביומא זוטא דסתווה בעשר׳ יומין בירחא דטבת‏bywmˀ zwṭˀ dstwwh bˁšr' ywmyn byrḥˀ dṭbtܒܝܘܡܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܣܬܘܘܗ ܒܥܫܪ܊ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܛܒܬ‏ܒܝܘܡܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܣܬܘܘܗ ܒܥܫܪ܊ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܛܒܬ‏bywmˀ zwṭˀ dstwwh bˁšr' ywmyn byrḥˀ dṭbtביומא זוטא דסתווה בעשר׳ יומין בירחא דטבת‏ܒܝܘܡܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܣܬܘܘܗ ܒܥܫܪ܊ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܛܒܬ‏ܒܝܘܡܐ ܙܘܛܐ ܕܣܬܘܘܗ ܒܥܫܪ܊ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܛܒܬ‏ : on the shortest day of the winter on the tenth of Tebeth †

(3)

weak

JBA

BT MQ 11a(24)↗ קלא זוטא‏qlˀ zwṭˀܩܠܐ ܙܘܛܐ‏ܩܠܐ ܙܘܛܐ‏qlˀ zwṭˀקלא זוטא‏ܩܠܐ ܙܘܛܐ‏ܩܠܐ ܙܘܛܐ‏ : a low [lit. weak] sound]

✎Notes & Bibliography▶

DJBA lists an absolute form as זוט, but inasmuch as this appears to be an elided form from zwṭr and no such form is attested in the sources, we have chosen to assume that זוטא is in fact the absolute form as well. (Cf. BQ 55a where זוטא is paralleled by אריך, while at MidGad San 9(b) the absolute is זיט!
One suspects that the Syriac example in Bar Bahlul, otherwise unknown in actual texts and isolated in mss. of that work, is idiolectic.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 372[192]DJBA: 403aJastrow: 385Drower/Macuch: 164bJ. Payne-Smith: 624BarBahlul: 679