זוּף, —Pa. זַיֵּיף to falsify, forge. Targ. Jer. VIII, 8 למְזַיְּיפָא ed. Lag. (ed. לַזַיָּפָא).—Keth. 36ᵇ זַיְּיפיּ לי forge for me (erase &c.). Ib. זַיּוּפֵי ז׳ וכתב he practiced imitation of handwriting and then wrote himself. B. Bath. 163ᵃ דילמא מְזַיֵּיף וכתב וכ׳ he may imitate and insert (over the signatures) whatever he desires. Ib. כל דמזייף לאו וכ׳ (not המז׳, v. Ms. M.) whoever desires to forge will not go to the scribe; a. e.