- עיף II, עוף
- עִיףII, עוּף to bend, double. Targ. Ex. 26:9 ותְעוּף Ms. I (Ms. II ותְעִיף; O. ed. Berl. a. Y. ותֵיעוֹף; oth. ed. ותָעֵיף Af.).Part. pass. (עֵיף) עִיף. Ib. 28:16; 39:9 (Y. ed. Vien. עֵיף).Ber.56a, v. חָסָא I. Ḥull.51b עִיף מֵיעַף Ar. (Alf. עָיֵיף מיעף; ed. עוף ומעופף) if the cloak is well folded. Pa. עַיֵּיף to double, fold. Keth.67b עַיְּיפֻינְהוּוכ׳ he doubled them (his gifts) and sent them to him. Sabb.134a ולְעַיֵּיף ליה לעילאי (not ועייף; Rashi ולעַפְפֵיה; Ms. Rashi וליכייפיה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) let him bend the border upward. Erub.96b אדעתא … עייפינהו he doubled them with the intention of making borders to a cloak. Men.42a; a. e. Af. אָעֵיף same, v. supra. Pol. עוֹפֵף, v. עֲפַף.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.