זְעֵיר II, (preced.) small, young, tender; lesser; a little. Targ. Gen. I, 16. Targ. O. ib. XLIV, 25.—Targ. Gen. XIX, 31; a. fr.—Y. Ber. II, 4ᵇ ז׳ לא … דרבה the inferior does not greet the superior; Y. Shek. II, 47ᵃ top דז׳ (not ר׳ ז׳).—Y. Snh. III, 21ᵃ bot. משום דזעיר מיניה in behalf of one his junior. Y. Keth. V, beg. 29ᶜ ומר ז׳ and said something small (insignificant). Ib. והדא היא ז׳ is this something small?; a. fr.—זְעִירִין, זְעֵירַיָּא. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 4. Targ. Ps. CXV, 13; a. fr.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵈ top והוא שאיל לז׳ and he asked the inferior (scholars)?—Fem. זְעֵירָן, זְעֵירָתָא. Targ. O. Gen. XXXII, 10.—Targ. Ps. CIV, 25 (Ms. זוטרתא).