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מסכן , det. מסכינה , pl. מסכינין adj., n. poor, poor person (< Akk mu→ke:nu Kaufman, Influences 74; → √מסכן ; CPA ܡܣܟܝܢ LSp 114, SA מסכין Ham 447:109) a. as adj.: m.sg. TN Lev 14:21 [H דל ]; ib. 27:8; אי הוה קדמייא מיסכן if the first person was poor Yeb 5d(13); Svu 37d(24) [\≠ → עתיר ]; TN Ex 30:15; BM 8c(6); ib. 9d(3); PRK 287:11; b. as noun: sg. חד מסכן Pea 21b(18); San 23c(35); AZ 41a(41); BR 300:6; VR 794:1; KohR 28b(21); גבר מסכן a poor man TN Dt 24:12; VR 859:3; BM 8c(6); אחוך מסכינה TN Dt 15:9; ib. 24:14; pl. מסכינין ib. 15:7; Ex 23:11; Lev 19:10; Dt 26:12; תרין צריפין דמיסכינין two huts of poor people Pea 21b(9); ib. 17; ייכלוניה מיסכינייא let the poor people eat it Hag 77d(44); PRK 30:11; ib. 161:8; מעשר מסכינין the tithe of the poor Pea 21a(41) [= MH מעשׂר עני ] // Sot 19a(33); TN Dt 14:28; ib. 26:12 