עַצְלוּת, preced.) laziness, indolence. Yalk. Num. 720; Pes. 66ᵃ מי גרם … ע׳ שהיתה בכם וכ׳ what is the cause that I had to come from Babylonia and be appointed your chief? Your indolence, which prevented you from waiting upon the two greatest men of the generation. Ib. 117ᵃ; Ber. 31ᵃ, v. עֲצֵבוּת; a. fr.—Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᶜ (of an animal tied by the side of a harnessed animal) זה נושא עַצְלוּתוֹ של זה וכ׳ this one carries the sluggishness of the other, i.e. when one is sluggish, the other has to carry the heavier load.