Jastrow: גַּרְדֵּם

גַּרְדֵּם (Parel of גדם) to cut off, to lop.—Ithpa. אִיגַּרְדֵּם 1) to be lopped. Men. 38ᵇ איג׳ תכלת וכ׳ if the blue fringe has been lopped off, but the white remains &c. Ib. 39ᵃ גרדומין דאִיגַּרְדּוּם אִיגַּרְדּוּמֵי does not gardumav intimate that they (the fringes) are entirely cut off (leaving no remnant)? —2) אִיתְגַּרְדִּים, אִיגַּרְדִּים (= גרזם, v. גַּרְזִימִי) to be nibbled at. Targ. Ps. XXXIX, 12 היך עמר דאית׳ (Ms. דאיג׳) like wool nibbled at (by moths; h. text כָּעָשׁ).