נָטַשׁ II (b. h.; cmp. טוּשׁ II) to sink, drop (cmp. Num. XI, 31); to abandon, let alone, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 75 אם רחקת ונָטַשְׁתָּה וכ׳ if thou wert to reject and abandon Jacob &c.; Yalk. Ps. 653.
Pi. - נִטֵּשׁ same. Snh. 6ᵇ (ref. to Prov. XVII, 14) לנַטְּשׁוֹ to drop it (the case, to compromise), v. גָּלַע; Tanḥ. Mishp. 6; Y. Snh. I, 18ᵇ לנוֹטְשׁוֹ.
Pu. - נוּטָּשׁ,
Nif. - נִיטַּשׁ to be torn loose, be released. Pesik. Baḥod., p. 154ᵇ ני׳ מחורש וכ׳ (not מחודש) released from one thicket and caught &c.; ib. נו׳; Yalk. Num. 782 נו׳ וכ׳; (Y. Taan. II, 65ᵈ top ניתור, v. נָתַר I; Lev. R. s. 29, a. e. ניתש, v. נָתַשׁ).