נָחוֹתָא, (נְחַת) one going or coming down, esp. one coming from Palestine to Babylonia. Y. Shek. VIII, 51ᵃ, a. e. אבדומא נ׳ (not אבודמא) A. who had been in Babylonia. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot. עולא נ׳ הוה Ulla had gone to Babylonia; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ bot. (not עללא).—Pl. constr. נָחוֹתֵי. Targ. Ps. CXV, 17 ed. Lag. (ed. נָחֲתֵי); a. fr.—נ׳ ימא sea-farers. Ib. CVII, 23. Targ. Is. XLII, 10 נַחֲתֵי.—Sabb. 20ᵇ; 90ᵃ שאילתינהו לכל נ׳ י׳, I inquired of all sea-farers. B. Mets. 85ᵃ (not נחיתי); a. fr.