סלתנית

Hebrew

Noun

סַלְתָּנִית or סֻלְתָּנִית • (saltanít or sultanít) f (plural indefinite סַלְתָּנִיּוֹת‎, singular construct סַלְתָּנִית־)

  1. A certain food fish mentioned in the Talmud.
  2. (Modern Hebrew) A sardine: a small fish that is commonly preserved as food, 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.
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