צֵלָע, צַלְעָה f. (b. h.; v. צָלַע) 1) side, rib. Ḥull. 42ᵇ נעקרה צ׳ מעיקרה if a rib of an animal is torn loose from its seat. Gen. R. s. 21 (ref. to Gen. III, 22) כל זמן … כאחד וכיון שנטלה צַלְעָתוֹ וכ׳ as long as he was Adam, he was like one (harmonious in himself), but when his rib was taken from him, he was ‘to know’ (the conflict between) ‘good and evil’; Yalk. ib. 34. Kidd. 6ᵃ צַלְעָתִי מהו if one says to a woman, ‘be thou my rib’ (alluding to Gen. II, 22), how is it (is this to be recognized as a betrothal)?; a. fr.—Pl. צְלָעוֹת. Ḥull. III, 1 נשתברו רוב צַלְעוֹתֶיהָ if the larger number of an animal’s ribs are broken. Ib. 52ᵃ ובצ׳ גדולות וכ׳ and it means the large ribs, those that have marrow in their bones; a. fr.—2) side of a hill or rock.—Pl. as ab. Shebi. V, 4; Y. ib. 36ᵃ top צִילְעוֹת constr., v. פּוּאָה. —3) wing of a building. B. Bath. 61ᵃ