מְרִיעַ, (v. מְרַע) weak, ailing. Targ. Mal. I, 8 דמ׳ (ed. Lag. דמרע) that which is sick; ib. 13.—Pl. מְרִיעִין, מְרִיעַיָּא, מְרִיעֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 20. Targ. Ez. XXXIV, 4 (ed. Lag. מְרָעַיָּא).—R. Hash. 16ᵃ מצלינן … אקצירי ואמ׳ we pray now for the sick and the ailing; Ned. 49ᵇ קצירי קצירי ממש מ׳ רבנן by ḳ’tsire we mean the really sick, by m’riʿé we mean the scholars (in delicate health).