צִפַּר, צִפְּרָא, צִפּוֹר, צִפּוֹרָא, צִי׳, fowl, bird. Targ. O. Gen. VII, 14 (Y. צפור). Targ. O. Lev. XIV, 5 (ed. Berl. צפירא, corr. acc.; Y. צפו׳). Ib. 6 (ed. Amst. צִיפְ׳, צַפְ׳). Targ. Prov. VII, 23 ed. Wil. צַ׳ (ed. Lag. צִי׳); a. fr.—Meïl. 20ᵇ, v. סְבַר III. Zeb. 64ᵇ צ׳ מלבר the bird (whose head is to be pinched) must be turned outside (over the back of the priest’s hands). Gen. R. s. 79 ציפור מבלעדי וכ׳ no bird is caught without the decree of heaven; Y. Shebi. IX, 38ᵈ צפור; Esth. R. to I, 9 ציפר; Koh. R. to X, 8 ציפור, v. יְבַד. Ib. to IV, 6 (prov.) טבא חדא צ׳ כפותא וכ׳ better one bird tied, than a hundred flying; a. fr.—Pl. צִפָּרִין, צִפָּרַיָּא, צִפּוֹ׳, צִי׳. Targ. Lev. XIV, 4 (ed. Berl. צִפֳּ׳). Targ. Ps. CIV, 17; a. fr.—Y. Shebi. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. צַיָּידָא. Koh. R. l. c.; Lev. R. s. 3, beg., v. אֲגַר II; a. fr.—בֵּית צִפָּרַיָּיא (name of a family) Beth-Tsipparaya. Arakh. II, 4 (Bab. ed. 10ᵃ ציפרא; Rashi צִפֳּרִים); Tosef. ib. I, 15 ציפרייא; Succ. 51ᵃ