קָצִיר, cutting, harvest, ripening season. R. Hash. 9ᵃ ק׳ של שביעית וכ׳ a ripening in the Sabbatical year which goes over into the eighth year, i.e. plants which were partly ripe in the Sabbatical year are subject to the laws of the Sabbatical year. Ib. קְצִיר העומר the cutting of the ʿOmer (v. עוֹמֶר); a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 18 (ref. to Is. XVII, 11) קְצִירָן של מלכיות (קְצִירִין) the cutting down (destruction threatened) by the government; ק׳ של יסורין by sufferings; קְצִירוֹ של מלאך וכ׳ the cutting down by the angel of death, v. נִדְנֵד; Yalk. Is. 287.—Pl. קְצִירִין, v. supra.