צוֹם, preced.) fast, fast-day. Treat. Sof’rim XVII, 4 ימי הצ׳ fast-days. R. Hash. 18ᵇ (ref. to Zech. VIII, 19) בזמן שיש … אין שלום צ׳ when there is peace, these days shall be days of joy &c., when there is no peace, they shall be fast-days; a. e.—Pl. צוֹמוֹת, צוֹמִין. Koh. R. to X, 10 יגזרו צ׳ ותעניות let them decree fasts and afflictions. Y. Bets. II, end, 61ᵈ מן הצ׳ ומן התעניות (not התענית) from fasts and &c. Meg. 16ᵇ; a. e.