תסיל

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּסִילָא (t'silá). First attested in Talmudic Hebrew.

Noun

תָּסִיל • (tasíl) m (plural indefinite תְּסִילִים, singular construct תְּסִיל־, plural construct תְּסִילֵי־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. (very rare, perhaps obsolete) A kind of pigeon or dove.
2. (תְּסִיל־, t'síl-) singular construct state form of תָּסִיל‎.

See also

• יוֹנָה (yoná)

References

• “תָּסִיל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1465.