Jastrow: נִיגְרָא

נִיגְרָא, נִגְ׳ m. (נְגַר) 1) gutter, dike. B. Mets. 107ᵇ ד׳ גרמידי דאַנִּ׳ לבני נ׳ Ar. (ed. ד׳ אמות … דבני אנ׳) four cubits on the shores of a dyke belong to the owners of the dyke. Pes. 113ᵃ לא תשוור נ׳ leap not over a dyke (oth. opin., v. infra). B. Bath. 12ᵇ תרתי אחד נ׳ two fields dependent on one dyke for irrigation; a. e.—Pl. נִיגְרֵי, נִגְ׳. Ib.—[V. also נִגְדָּא.] —2) track, step. Pes. l. c. לא תשוור נ׳ do not leap in place of walking (v. supra).—Pl. as ab. B. Kam. 57ᵃ נקטי להו נ׳ ברייתא Rashi (ed. sing.) they adopted the habit of running out into the fields; ib. 118ᵇ אנקטה נ׳ וכ׳ (not אנקטי) he taught her the way out of the fold; B. Bath. 88ᵃ אנקטינהו ניגרא וכ׳ he taught them &c.—Sabb. 51ᵇ נ׳ דחמרא שערי the gait of the ass is (in accordance with) the barley (which he feeds on). Ib. 66ᵇ קל נ׳ the sound of steps. Pes. 111ᵃ שתין נ׳ sixty steps. Ber. 41ᵇ נ׳ דפרזלא iron run (unwearied walk).