שְׁכִיחַ, c. (שְׁכַח II) = h. מָצוּי, found, on hand; frequent; likely.Ḥag. 5ᵃ, v. זוּזָא I. B. Mets. 85ᵇ דהוה ש׳ אליהו גביה whom Elijah used to visit. Taan. 23ᵇ משום דאתתא ש׳ וכ׳ because the wife is usually at home, and gives the poor bread &c., v. הֲנָיָיה ch. Sabb. 78ᵃ יין שתייתו ש׳ … לא ש׳ wine is used ordinarily for drinking, extraordinarily for medicine. Bets. 2ᵇ, a. fr. מילתא דלא ש׳ a case of rare occurrence. Sabb. l. c. כל מילתא דש׳ ולא ש׳ whenever a thing is used ordinarily for one purpose, and rarely for another purpose; a. fr.