- צוצלא
- צוֹצְלָא, צוֹצִילְתָּא, צוֹצַלְ׳f. (= צלצל׳; צַלְצֵל) a species of small turtle doves. B. Bath.75a השתא כביעתא דצוצלאוכ׳ Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. צִיצְלָא; Rashi צוצילתא; Ms. M. צִלְצְלָא; Ms. R. צִילְ׳; Ms. H. צִילְצוּלָא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) we do not even find a jewel as large as the egg of a dove, and (you say) we shall find jewels of such sizes?; Snh.100a צוּלְצְלָא Ms. M. (ed. צִילְצְלָא; Ms. K. צִוּלְצִילְתָּא; Ms. F. צוצילתא; Pesik. ʿAniya, p. 137a> שפנינא). Sabb.80b צלצלתא Ms. M. (ed. צילצלא, צִילְצְלֵי pl.; Ms. O. צוצילתא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.