רַקְבּוּבִית, (preced.) decay, decayed matter. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ top, v. גָּרַף. Y. Sabb. IV, beg. 6ᵈ אם רָבַת רַקְבּוּבִיתָן if the decay in them (from moths) is far advanced. Yoma 38ᵇ (ref. to Prov. X, 7); רַקְבִּיבוּת תעלה בשמותן וכ׳ rottenness enters their names, none name their children after them.