גִּרְסָא, גִּירְסָא I f. (preced.) 1) acquired learning, study of tradition. Targ. Cant. I, 2 בג׳ for verbal study.—Meg. 6ᵇ לאוקומי ג׳ וכ׳ to preserve (in memory) what one has learned requires divine assistance. Sabb. 21ᵇ ג׳ דינקותא what has been learned in youth (which is better remembered). Ib. 30ᵇ לא הוה פסיק פומיה מג׳ did not cease reciting. Erub. 68ᵃ אנא … בגִרְסָאִי I am busy studying; a. fr.—Pl. גִּרְסַיָּיא, גִּירְ׳. B. Bath. 22ᵃ דלא ליטרדו מגִּירְסַיְיהוּ Ms. M. (ed. אתו ליטרדו מג׳) that they may not be disturbed in their studies. —2) (editorial note) version. Yalk. Gen. 84 ג׳ אחרינא זה וכ׳ another version (for זה איוב, Gen. R. s. 50) is, ‘This alludes to the tribe of Levi’. [Frequently in commentaries.—Denom. גרס to read. הכי גרסינן (abbr. ה"ג) such is the proper reading.]