שׁוֹטֶה, (שָׁטָה) madman, fool; (of plants) wild. Ḥull. I, 1, a. fr. חרש ש׳ וקטן a deaf and dumb person, an insane person, and a minor. Y. Ter. I, 40ᵇ סימני ש׳ וכ׳ the symptoms of insanity. Tosef. Ter. I, 3 פעמים ש׳, v. חָלַם I. Yoma VIII, 6 כלב ש׳ a mad dog. Ab. IV, 7 ש׳ רשע וכ׳ is a fool, a wicked man &c. Sot. III, 4 חסיד ש׳ a foolish saint; ib. 21ᵇ היכי דמי חסיד ש׳ וכ׳ what is meant by a foolish saint? When, for instance, a woman is drowning in the river, and he says, it is not becoming to look at her and save her. Shebi. VII, 1, sq., v. לוֹף; a. v. fr.—בכור ש׳, v. בּוּכְרָא I.—Pl. שׁוֹטִים, שׁוֹטִין. Y. Ter. l. c. אפי׳ שוטה בש׳ וכ׳ not even the most insane person will do that. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 יאבד עולמו מפני הש׳ shall God destroy his world on account of the fools (who worship natural objects)? Ib. 54ᵇ וש׳ שקלקלו וכ׳ and the fools that do mischief must pay the penalty. B. Bath. 12ᵇ מיום שחרב … ונתנה לש׳ וכ׳ since the destruction of the Temple, prophecy has been taken away from the prophets and given to madmen and children; a. fr.—Shebi. IX, 1; Succ. 39ᵇ, v. יַרְבּוּז, a. שׁוֹטִים.—Fem. שׁוֹטָה. Ned. 35ᵇ בין פיקחת בין ש׳ whether sane or insane. Ib. 36ᵃ; a. e.