קלאילן

קְלָאִילָּן, קְלָא אִילָּןm. (קְלָא II a. אִילָּן) (ashes of a tree, a vegetable blue dye, an imitation of the genuine purple-blue (תְּכֵלֶת); (Ar.: indigo, an adaptation of καλλάΐνον, callainum, Sachs, Beitr. I, p. 13 2); woolen threads dyed with ḳla-illan. Tosef.Ab. Zar. VI (VII), 1 ק׳ שדשו בעציוכ׳ ḳla-illan wool which has been stamped with wood of an ăsherah (אֲשֵׁרָה) must be burnt; others say, it is under the restriction of the law until it resumes its natural color (by washing ). Meïl. 13a הדש קלעילון בשדהוכ׳ Ar. (ed. קלעילין) he that stamps ḳlaillan wool in a field belonging to the Temple. B. Kam.93b בק׳ א׳ דלא עבר a ḳ. dye which cannot be removed with soap (v. צָפוֹן I). B. Mets.61b מי שתולה ק׳ א׳ בבגדווכ׳ he that attaches ḳ. threads to his garment and says, it is tkheleth. Men.41b טלית שכולה … מן ק׳ א׳ if a cloak is entirely of purple wool, any threads of a different color may be used as show-fringes, except ḳ (because it may be mistaken for tkheleth). Tosef.Kil.V, 26 ק׳ א׳וכ׳ (Var. קלע אילן) threads of ḳ. (used in place of tkheleth) … are not subject to the laws of mixed materials (כִּלְאַיִם).