נַפְיָא, (preced.) = h. נָפָה, fan, winnow, sieve. Pes. 111ᵇ והדר ביה כנ׳ (Ms. M. כינוֹפָא) and he moves to and fro like a fan. B. Kam. 97ᵇ אפי׳ כי נ׳ (Ms. R. מנפיא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) even if the new coin be of the size of a sieve?; Ḥull. 124ᵃ אפי׳ כנ׳ even if the flesh on the hide be of the size &c.?—Gitt. 69ᵃ bot. פארי דריש נ׳ the bran which comes up to the top of the sieve when shaken.—Ḥull. 45ᵃ וסימניך נ׳ to remember the process required to ascertain the condition of the trachea perforated like a sieve, think of the construction of a sieve; a. e.—Pl. נַפְוָותָא, נִפְוָותָא. Sabb. 134ᵃ, v. נְפָפָא. B. Mets. 74ᵃ איפשר בנ׳ the winnowing may be done with a fan (independently of the wind). Succ. 20ᵇ חזו לפרסי ונ׳ can be used for covers and sieves, v. פְּרָסָא.—Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ top נָפָן (fr. נָפָא).—[Tosef. Ḥull. III (IV), 27 נפיא, v. אַפְיָין.]