נסךְ

נֶסֶךְm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) libation. Ex. R. s. 15 יֵין נ׳ wine from which a libation has been poured on the altar.Pl. נְסָכִים, נְסָכִין; constr. נִסְכֶי, נִי׳. Zeb.IX, 1 הנ׳ ירדו the libations brought on the altar illegally, may be taken down. Tosef. ib. V, 1; Men.15b, a. e. נסכי בהמה the libations connected with an animal sacrifice. Ib. II, 4 ונְסָכָיו and the libations belonging thereto; a. v. fr. 2) יֵין נ׳ (יין שנתנסך לע״ז; abbrev. י״נ) wine known (or suspected) to have been manipulated by an idolater, wine forbidden to Jews because of such (known or suspected) manipulation. Ab. Zar.IV, 8 (55a) ואינו נעשה י׳׳נוכ׳ (Bab. ed. עושה) it does not become (the gentile does not make it) forbidden wine until Ib. V, 1 לעשות עמו ביין נ׳ to work with him in wine dedicated to an idol. Ib. 2 יין נ׳ שנפלוכ׳ if forbidden wine was poured over grapes. Ib. 74a bot. יין נ׳ really idolatrous wine, opp. סתם יין suspected; a. fr.