שִׁכְחָה, שִׁי׳ f. (שָׁכַח) 1) forgetting, forgetfulness. Y. Peah I, 16ᵇ bot.; Yalk. Mic. 559, v. שׁוֹכְחָן. Ab. IV, 22. Sabb. 31ᵇ שמא תאמר ש׳ היא מהן lest you say, they forget it (that their way leads to death); a. fr. —2) that which is forgotten, esp. (with ref. to Deut. XXIV, 19) the forgotten sheaf, the poor man’s sheaf. Peah VI, 1 אינו ש׳ does not come under the law concerning a forgotten sheaf, does not belong to the poor. Ib. 4 ושלאחריו ש׳ and a sheaf left behind the cutter belongs to the poor; B. Mets. 11ᵃ. Ib. לרבות שִׁכְחַת העיר to include a sheaf forgotten in town (at unloading). Pesik. Vattom., p. 132ᵃ (ref. to Is. XLIX, 14) כעומר הש׳ like the forgotten sheaf; a. fr.