עָטַשׁ 1) to sneeze; 2) (euphem.) to break wind. Pirké d’R. El. ch. LII; Yalk. Job 927 לא נמצא אדם עוֹטֵשׁ וחיה וכ׳ (up to Jacob’s days) it had never occurred that a man sneezed and recovered from his sickness. Y’lamd. to Gen. XXVII, quot. in Ar. אדם עוטש אומר לו וכ׳ when a person sneezes, one says to him, Good life!—Y. Ber. III, 6ᵈ bot.; a. fr.
Pi. - עִיטֵּשׁ same. Ib. אני … מפהק ומְעַטֵּשׁ I saw him yawn and sneeze. Nidd. IX, 8 מפהקת ומְעַטֶּשֶׁת she yawns and sneezes (or feels inflated; symptoms of approaching menstruation); a. fr.
Hithpa. - הִתְעַטֵּשׁ,
Nithpa. - נִתְעַטֵּשׁ same. Yalk. Job l. c. לפיכך … כשמִתְעַטֵּשׁ therefore one must offer thanks when one sneezes. Ber. 24ᵃ bot. Num. R. s. 9 תהא מִתְעַטֶּשֶׁת וכ׳ she will feel inflated and languid. Y. Succ. V, 55ᵇ bot. היו מִתְעַטְּשׁוֹת מריח וכ׳ used to sneeze on account of the smell of the frankincense (offered at the Temple); a. fr.