אַבְעָיָה, (בָּעָה) search, begging, the appearance of the poor for their share in the crop. Pl. אַבְעָיוֹת. Peah IV, 5 ג׳ אב׳ וכ׳ (Y. ed. IV, 3 אוּבְ׳) three times a day the poor would come (cmp. etym. Y. ib. 18ᵇ top). [Oth. comment. ref. to etym. in Y. l. c. a. Targ. Ob. I, 6: “the owner appears” &c.]