- כִּיחַ
- כִּיחַm. (כָּחַח) coughing, phlegm of the lungs. Erub.99a בכִיחוֹ it refers to the phlegm in his mouth. Ib. כיחו שנתלש phlegm which is loose in the mouth. (Ib. כיח ורק, כ׳ בפני, v. כָּחַח.B. Kam.3b כיחו וניעו the phlegm brought out by coughing or hawking. Nidd.55b. Ib. 56a כיחו וניעו ורוקי phlegm, mucus and spittle (prob. to be read כרוקו). Kidd.81b (in Chald. dict.) כיחו, v. אִכְמַר.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
