- סָרָק
- סָרָקm. (preced.) paint. Snh.14a; Keth.17a Ar. (ed. שָׂרָק), v. כּוֹחָל. M. Kat. 9b מעבירה ס׳ על פניה ed. (Ms. M. a. Ar. מעברת ש׳) she may pass paint over her face (during the festive week). (Ib. מעברת ס׳ … של מטה, read with Ms. M. a. Rashi: סַכִּין. Sabb.95a אשה לא תעביר ס׳וכ׳ (Ms. O. a. Ar. ש׳) a woman must not pass paint over her face (on the Sabbath), because this comes under the category of coloring; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 13 לא תקנח … שיש בו ש׳ a woman must not rub her face with a cloth on which there is paint.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.