צוֹרְבָא, (צְרב) mark of a burn, scab; צ׳ מרבנן one that has caught fire by associating with Rabbis (cmp. Ab. II, 10); a student of rabbinical lore. Meg. 28ᵇ אי צ׳ מר׳ הוא וכ׳ if he is a rabbinical scholar, let him recite a Halakhah, contrad. fr. תנא one who knows Mishnah. Taan. 4ᵃ, v. פַּרְצִידָא. Ib. האי צ׳ מר׳ דרתח וכ׳ if a young student is hot (of temper), it is the learning that heats him. Keth. 105ᵇ ההוא צ׳ מר׳ דמרחמין וכ׳ if a student is popular …; it is not because he is superior to others, but because he does not reprove the people &c. Sabb. 23ᵇ; a. fr.