תסיל
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic תְּסִילָא (t'silá). First attested in Talmudic Hebrew.
Noun edit
תָּסִיל • (tasíl) m (plural indefinite תְּסִילִים, singular construct תְּסִיל־, plural construct תְּסִילֵי־) [pattern: קָטִיל]
- (very rare, perhaps obsolete) A kind of pigeon or dove.
- (תְּסִיל־, t'síl-) Singular construct state form of תָּסִיל.
See also edit
- יוֹנָה (yoná)
References edit
- “תָּסִיל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1465.