גּוּמָא, (גמא to scrape, v. Targ. Job XXXIX, 24) hole, indentation, Ḥull. II, 9 (41ᵃ). B. Bath. 16ᵃ for each hair ג׳ בפני עצמה a separate follicle. Y. Keth. I, 25ᵇ לעושה ג׳ וכ׳ like one making a depression in flesh which fills up again; a. e.—Pl. גּוּמוֹת. Ab. Zar. 76ᵇ a knife שאין בה ג׳ which is not battered. Tosef. Maasr. III, 18 ג׳ הלוף (ed. Zuck. גּוּמַת, sing.), v. לוֹף.—Y. Nidd. III, 50ᶜ bot. ג׳ הזקן dimples, v. גַּב.—גומיות, v. גּוֹמָמִית.