שָׁאַר (b. h.) to swell, rise; to run over; (cmp. יָתַר, עָדַף) to remain over. Denom. מִשְׁאֶרֶת, שְׁאָר, שְׁאֵר &c.
    Nif. - נִשְׁאָר to be left over, reserved, preserved, spared. Gen. R. s. 76 (ref. to Gen. XXXII, 9) אלו אחינו … אע"פ שנִשְׁאֲרוּ לפליטה וכ׳ this refers to our brethren in the diaspora …; although they have been spared for escape (from Roman persecution), yet they fasted for us (Palestinians) &c. Cant. R. to II, 13 הנִשְׁאָרִים the survivors of the Messianic days; a. e.
    Pi. - שֵׁיאֵר ,) שִׁיֵּיר to leave over, reserve. B. Bath. IX, 6 שכיב … וש׳ וכ׳ if an ill person donated all his property to others and reserved some land for himself, his donation is valid (even if he recovers). Ib. 148ᵃ דקל לאחד וש׳ פירותיו לפניו ש׳ מקום פירי if he donated a palm-tree (for the wood of it) to a person, and reserved its fruit for himself, he meant to reserve for himself the place whereon the fruit grows (the branches). Ib. כל … בעין יפה מְשַׁיֵּיר whatever one reserves for one’s self, one reserves liberally; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְשׁוֹאָר, (מְשׁוּיָּיר). Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵃ top לא עשה בה המש׳ כיוצא the law does not treat that which is left over (of the sacrifice) like that which has been carried outside of its limits. Peah III, 3 נותּן מן המש׳ על מה ששייר he must give to the poor out of the remainder in proportion to that which he left over; נותן מן המש׳ על הכל he must give out of the remainder a quantity corresponding to the whole (including that which he has taken out before); a. fr.
    Hif. - הִשְׁאִיר same. Midr. Till. to Ps. IX שלא להַשְׁאִיר זכר וכ׳ that he will not leave a remainder of the memory of Amalek; Yalk. ib. 642 להשאר (corr. acc.); a. e.
    Nithpa. - נִשְׁתַּיֵּיר to be left over. Ḥull. III, 1 ניטל … ולא נ׳ וכ׳ if the liver of a slaughtered animal is found consumed without any part of it left. Yoma 77ᵃ לא נִשְׁתַּיְירוּ משונאיהן וכ׳ no remnant or survivor would have been left of the enemies of Israel (euphem. for ‘of Israel’); a. fr.