שַׁדְכָא, (preced.) one at ease, retired from business. B. Bath. 139ᵃ מתניתן בש׳ Ar. a. Rashb. ed. Pes. (Ms. H. בשִׁידְכָא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10; ed. בשרכא) the Mishnah (which disallows the older brother as executor of the estate to take his personal expenses out of the common fund) refers to a person retired from business (who does nothing to enlarge the value of the estate); ש׳ פשיטא if he is idle, is it not a matter of course (that he is not entitled to his personal expenses out of the estate)?—*Trnsf. barren tree, wild tree (cmp. סְרָק).—Pl. שַׁדְכֵי. B. Kam. 92ᵇ קינא דש׳ Ar. a. Ag. Hatt., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6; ed. דשרכי), v. שְׂרָכָא.