מִיעוּטָא, Erub. 77ᵃ אי אהני מ׳ if the reduction has any effect. Yeb. 119ᵃ סמוך מ׳ דמפילות וכ׳ add the minority of miscarrying women to the half of female births, and the male births will be a minority. Ḥull. 6ᵃ, a. fr. חייש למ׳ takes into consideration the minority (the possibility of the rarer cases). Yeb. 119ᵇ, a. e. מ׳ דמ׳ לא חייש a minority of a minority he does not take into consideration. Kidd. 80ᵃ מ׳ כמאן דליתא דמי a minority is considered as non-existent.—Pl. מִיעוּטֵי. Snh. 45ᵇ, sq. דריש ריבויי ומ׳, v. preced.