נְתַר ch. = h. נָשַׁר , to fall off, drop; to fall apart, decay; to become wearied, faint. Targ. Is. XL, 7. Ib. LXIV, 5; a. fr.—B. Mets. 21ᵇ דנַתְרָא that it (the fig) dropped (and was not taken off the tree). Ib. אע"ג דנַתְרִין זיתי וכ׳ even when the olives have dropped &c. Sabb. 33ᵇ וקא נַתְרָן דמעת עיניה and the tears fell from his eyes; a. fr.
Af. - אַתֵּיר to drop, shed, let fall. Targ. Ruth II, 16. Targ. Y. II, Ex. IX, 32 ואַתְּרַת (not ואִתָּ׳).—Y. Kil. VII, beg. 30ᵈ דמַתְּרָן טרפיהן וכ׳ where trees shed their leaves even in midsummer. Naz. 42ᵃ אדמה דלא מַתְּרָא an earth which does not cause falling out of the hair; a. e.—Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ אתרין, v. infra.
Pa. - נַתֵּר 1) (neut. verb) (neut. verb) to crumble, fall in. B. Kam. 9ᵇ בור דרכה לנַתּוּרֵי a pit is liable to fall in (and mere covering it up is not a sufficient precaution). —2) to drop, shed. Targ. Is. I, 30; a. e.—Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ (if one says of a person) נַתְּרִי פלוני, ‘I have dropped that man’, you must not allow his wife to marry again (it does not necessarily mean that he saw him dead), for I may say, he means [read:] אַתְּרִי לפלוני מאכל I dropped that man something to eat.