זַכַּאי I m. (זָכָה) 1) clear, guiltless, righteous; deserving, worthy (corresp. to b. h. צַדִּיק), opp. חַיָּיב. Sabb. 32ᵃ, a. e. מגלגלין זכות ע"י ז׳, v. גִּלְגֵּל.—יום ז׳ a lucky day, anniversary of joyous events. Taan. 29ᵃ; a. e.—Snh. 11ᵃ אין דורו ז׳ לכך his generation is not deserving it (Sot. 48ᵇ זכאין, pl.); a. fr. —2) acquitted, not guilty. Snh. III, 6 שנים אומרים ז׳ if two vote, ‘Not guilty’; a. fr. —3) entitled to possession or disposal, having authority, a right &c.; v. זָכָה.—Keth. IV, 4 האב ז׳ בבתו וכ׳ the father has authority over his (minor) daughter to give her away in marriage by receiving a consideration &c.; וז׳ במציאתה וכ׳ and has the right of possession of what she finds … and of interference with her vows; a. fr.—Pl. זַכָּאִין. Ab. I, 8 כז׳ as if both (claimant and defendant) had been right. Sot. 48ᵇ, v. supra; a. fr.—Fem. זַכָּאָה. Snh. 45ᵃ שמא תצא … ז׳ she may be acquitted in court.