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Hebrew
Noun
סַלְתָּנִית or סֻלְתָּנִית • (saltanít or sultanít) f (plural indefinite סַלְתָּנִיּוֹת, singular construct סַלְתָּנִית־)
- A certain food fish mentioned in the Talmud.
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) sardine (any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn), identified with the fish mentioned in the Talmud.
References
- “סַלְתָּנִית, סֻלְתָּנִית” 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 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 924.