- צִיצִי
- צִיצִיtsitsi, a derisive imitation of the sound ts (צ) in certain formulas of benedictions. Men.42a (ref. to a person who had said the benediction לעשות ציצית) מאי צ׳ שמענא הכי what is that tsitsi I heard here? Ber.42a (ref. to the benediction המוציא … הארץ) מאי צ׳וכ׳ (Ms. K. ציו ציו).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
