*רִתּוּי, ) m. (רָתָה) relief, mercy, pity. Ḥag. II, 1 (11ᵇ) ר׳ לו שלא בא לעולם (Ms. M., a. Var. in Ar. רָאוּי) it would have been a mercy to him not to have been born; (Y. ed. ר׳ לו כאילו לא בא לעולם a pity for him! he is as though he had not been born; Mish. ed. ראוי לו כאילו לא וכ׳ he is looked upon as though &c.).