כּוּרְסַיָּא, (used as sing.), constr. כּוּרְסֵי, כָּרְסֵא (כרס; cmp. כַּר) divan, upholstered chair, throne. Dan. V, 20; VII, 9.—Targ. I Kings X, 19. Targ. Ex. XVII, 16; a. fr.—Ḥull. 59ᵇ [read:] נפל מִכּוּרְסַיֵּיה וכ׳ he fell from his throne to the ground. Yeb. 118ᵇ; Keth. 75ᵃ דשומשנא גברא כּוּרְסְיָהּ … רמי לה if her husband be (as small as) an ant, put up her seat among the women of nobility, i.e. a woman feels elevated by marriage. Yeb. 83ᵇ אותבוה אבי כורסי׳ they put him on an operator’s chair. Ib. 110ᵃ אותבוה אבי כ׳ ואהדרוה Ar. (ed. omit ואהדרוה) they put her on a bridal chair (v. אַפִּרְיוֹן) and carried her around in procession. Lev. R. s. 27 תחות כ׳ דאמהון under their mothers’ chair (of delivery); Midr. Till. to Ps. II; Yalk. Ex. 165; Yalk. Esth. 1055 (only תחות כורסי). Gitt. 35ᵃ הפכוה לכוּרְסְיֵה (fem.) turn his judicial chair over; הפכוה לכ׳ ותרצוה (Rashi: הפכו) they turned his chair over and set it up again; a. fr.—Pl. כּוּרְסָוָון, כָּרְסָוָן, כּוּרְסְוָתָא. Dan. VII, 9 (cited Ḥag. 14ᵃ; Snh. 38ᵇ). Targ. Ps. CXXII, 5.—Koh. R. to III, 9 אית דאייתי כ׳ some brought divans (for the banquet). Ib. to I, 8 (in Hebr. Dict.) יעשו כ׳ לרבים (sub. בתי) let them be made into privies for the public.