כַּדָּבָא, כַּדִּיב, כַּדִּיבָא m. (preced.) 1) liar; false. Targ. Prov. XIX, 22 (Ms. כַּדָּאבָא).—Ber. 59ᵃ, v. preced.—Pl. כַּדָּבִין, כַּדָּבַיָּיא, כַּדִּי׳. Targ. Is. XXX, 9; a. e. —2) fiction-teller, story-teller.—Pl. as ab. Y. Ber. IX, end, 14ᵈ כל כ׳ טבין וכ׳ all fiction-tellers are good, but those who tell their own inventions concerning the Law are bad; (Var. חרשׁיא, v. חַרְשָׁא; anoth. Var. ברכיא corr. acc.);—[perh. to be read: כִּדְבַיָּא fictions, v. preced.].