צִי׳

צִפַּרְתָּא, צִי׳f. (v. צִיפַּר) fowl; esp. a small bird, (supposed to be) the humming bird. Snh.107a אתא שטן … כצי׳ Satan came to him disguised as a bird (Yalk. Sam. 148 כטביא). Succ.5b כאפי דצ׳ as large as the face of a tsipparta, opp. בר יוכני. Sabb.80b דצ׳ the egg of a ts. Yoma 75b והוי כציפורתא the quail (slau) was no larger than a ts.; a. e.; v. צְפִירְתָּא.צ׳ דדיקלא ‘the bird of the palm (= h. צפורת כרמים) a species of locusts. Sabb.90b Ar. ed. Koh. (missing in ed.).