Jastrow: זַכְרוּת

זַכְרוּת f. (denom. of זָכָר) 1) male genitals; male sex. Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ bot.; Num. R. s. 20, end.—Ab. Zar. 44ᵃ (expl. מפלצת, II Chr. XV, 16) כמין ז׳ a phallus. Men. 6ᵃ תמות וז׳ בבהמה unblemished condition and male sex of sacrifices are required only of cattle. Y. Yeb. VIII, end, 9ᵈ צד ז׳ the male side of the hermaphrodite; מכח זַכְרוּתוֹ in as much as he is a male; a. fr. —2) the thin and pointed side of a double tool. Bets. 31ᵇ ז׳ שלו the sharper side of a hatchet (used for splitting), opp. נקבות שלו the broader side. Cant. R. to I, 3 [read:] כאדם שמטביל זַכְרוּתוֹ של מכחול בים as much as one takes up when dipping the point of the painting staff into the paint bottle. —3) the fructifying principle, germ, bud, eye or strophiole (in plants); germinating spot (in eggs) &c., v. next w.—Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᵈ bot.; XII, 13ᶜ bot. כדי ליטע זַכְרוּתָהּ של חיטה deep enough to plant the wheat grain up to its eye (so that it can take root). Y. Ter. X, end, 47ᶜ ז׳ של חלמון that part of the yolk where germination sets in; ib. ז׳ של מוח the germinating point in the white of the egg (the more substantial and cohesive part). —4) the bony inside of an animal’s horn or hoofs, the bony projection over which the horny substance grows. R. Hash. 27ᵇ. Y. Erub. I, 19ᵇ bot. Bekh. 44ᵃ (Tosef. ib. II (I), 2 הזָכָר). [Zeb. 63ᵃ בזכרות, v. זוּטְרָא I.]