- פַּרְצִידָא
- פַּרְצִידָא, פַּרְצִדָאm. (v. פַּצִּידָא; ר inserted) 1) cut, trench, v. פַּצִּידָא. 2) (cmp. פּוּרְצָנָא) kernel, stone. Taan.4a פ׳ דתותי קלא the kernel under a clod. Ib. האי צורבא … לפ׳וכ׳ a young scholar is like the kernel (v. נְבַט), i. e. when his reputation begins to spread, it spreads wider and wider.Pl. פַּרְצִידַיָּא, פַּרְצִידֵי. B. Mets.84a פ׳ דרומנאוכ׳ the seeds of a red pomegranate. Sabb.21a מפַּרְצִידוֹהִיוכ׳ from its kernels they produce oil.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.