נְקֵבָה, preced. wds.) female sex, female; female gender. Nidd. III, 2, a. fr. תשב לנ׳ she must observe the laws of cleanness for the birth of a female child (Lev. XII, 5). Ib. 31ᵇ, v. נָקִי I; a. v. fr.—לשון נ׳ feminine gender. Kidd. 2ᵇ, v. זָכָר; a. fr.—Y. Yeb. VIII, end, 9ᵈ ממקום נ׳, v. next w.—Pl. נְקֵבוֹת, נְקֵי׳. Kidd. 82ᵇ; a. v. fr.—Succ. 12ᵇ חצין נ׳, v. חֵץ.