נָכְרִי, preced. wds.) stranger, gentile. [In editions published under the censor’s supervision, our w. is frequently changed into עכו"ם, גּוֹי, כּוּשִׁי, כּוּתִי &c.] Ab. Zar. IV, 4 (51ᵇ; 52ᵇ; Mish. ed. עכו"ם). Sabb. 31ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Pl. נָכְרִים. Ḥull. 13ᵇ נ׳ שבחוצה לארץ לאו עובדי ע"ז וכ׳ gentiles outside of Palestine are not to be considered as idolaters, they only continue their fathers’ customs. Gitt. 61ᵃ מפרנסין עניי נ׳ וכ׳ we must support the poor of the gentiles &c.; (Tosef. ib. V (III), 4 גוים). Gitt. V, 9 (61ᵃ) מספידין מתי נ׳ וכ׳ (Mish. ed. עכו"ם) we must lament for the dead of the gentiles &c.; a. v. fr.—Fem. נָכְרִית. Yeb. 17ᵃ. Ib. III, 7 שלשה אחים … ואחד נשוי נ׳ in the case of three brothers, two of whom married two sisters, and one a stranger; a. fr.