- גִּעְגּוּעַ
- גִּעְגּוּעַ, גִּיעֲגוּעַ,m., pl. גִּעְגּוּעִים, גִּעְגּוּעִין, גִּי׳ (reduplic. of געי) lowing, roaring; trnsf. 1) homesickness, longing (as the cow lows after her calf). Sabb.66b בן שיש לו גיע׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. omit לו) a son who is homesick for his father. Snh.39a. Ib. 63b. 2) sulky, rebellious conduct, howling (of children). Tanḥ Shmoth 1; Ex. R. s. 1, beg. שהיו לו ג׳ על אברהםוכ׳ who behaved rebelliously against his father.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.