צְפַר IV, צַפְרָא m. (צְפַר I) 1) morning. Targ. Gen. I, 5. Targ. Ps. XC, 6; a. v. fr.—[Ib. 10 וטייסין לצ׳, prob. to be read: כצִפָּרָא.]—Pes. 111ᵇ בטולי דצ׳ וכ׳ in the morning and evening shadows of things of less than a cubit’s length. B. Mets. 107ᵇ; B. Kam. 92ᵇ (prov.) שתין … גברא דמצ׳ כרך sixty runners may run, but will not overtake a man that takes early morning meals. Taan. 22ᵃ top, a. fr. לצ׳ when the morning came. Pes. 12ᵇ; a. v. fr.—Pl. צַפְרַיָּא, צַפְרִין. Targ. Ps. CI, 8 (ed. Wil. sing.). Targ. Lam. III, 23; a. e. —2) whistling signal.—Pl. as ab Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ top, v. צְפר I.—[ 3) bird, v. next art.]