Jastrow: סַפְדָּנָא

סַפְדָּנָא ch. same. M. Kat. 8ᵃ כד הדר ס׳ וכ׳ whenever, in Palestine, a wailer comes around, they say, let all those who are of a bitter heart (mourning for a relative) weep with him (engage him for wailing). Ib. 25ᵇ פתח עליה ההוא ס׳ the wailer on the occasion began thus; Ḥag. 15ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. סַפְדָּנַיָּא, סַפְדָּנֵי. Taan. 5ᵇ וכי בכדי בכו בכייא וספדו ס׳ וכ׳ Ms. M., was it for nought that the weepers wept, and the wailers wailed &c.? Yeb. 121ᵇ כן וכן ס׳ הוו התם such and such wailers officiated there.