צְמֵי (cmp. צמצם) to reduce, clip, trim (nails). Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 12.
Af. - אַצְמֵי same. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ יתיב מַצְמֵי וכ׳ (perh. מִצְמֵי Pe.) sat trimming his nails.
Pa. - צַמֵּי to cause to suffer want, afflict. Targ. Ps. LXXXI, 8 צַמַּית ed. Lag. (oth. ed. ענית; h. text אענך; v. צוּם).