צִיֵּן, צִיֵּין (denom. of צִיּוּן) to put up a pile, to mark. Shek. I, 1; M. Kat. I, 2 (2ᵃ) מְצַיְּינִין על הקברות Y. ed. (Bab. ed. a. Mish. את; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) graves are marked (with lime). Ib. 5ᵇ שדה … קבר וצִיְּינוּהָ (not דצ׳) a field in which a grave was lost, and which they marked. Maas. Sh. V, 1 כרם רבעי מציינין וכ׳ a vineyard in the fourth year is marked with clods of earth, … and graves with lime &c. Y. Shek. I, 46ᵃ top (ref. to M. Kat. I, 2) לא כבר צִיְּינוּ מאדר had they not marked them in Adar? Ib. (ref. to ובנה, Ez. XXXIX, 15) מיכן שמציינין ע"ג אבן קבועה from this we learn that the mark is put on a fixed stone; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְצוּיָּין, מְצוּיָּן; f. מְצוּיֶּינֶת, מְצוּיֶּנ׳; Pl. מְצוּיָּינִים, מְצוּיָּינִין; מְצוּיָּינוֹת, מְצוּיָּנ׳. Ib.; Tosef. ib. I, 5 מצא אבן אחת מצ׳ וכ׳ if one found a single stone marked, although this ought not to be done (several stones surrounding the marked spot being required by law) &c.; M. Kat. 6ᵃ. Ib. 5ᵇ מצא שדה אחת מצ׳ וכ׳ if one found a field marked, and knows not for what purpose; a. fr.—[Lev. R. s. 6 מציינין, v. צָוַץ.]—Trnsf. to distinguish, make prominent, adorn.—Part. pass. as ab. Gen. R. s. 85, v. פָּתִיל. Sabb. 145ᵇ מפני מה … מצ׳ why are the scholars in Babylonia distinguished (in their dress)? Ber. 8ᵃ (ref. to שערי ציון, Ps. LXXXVII, 2) שערים המצ׳ בהלכה gates prominent for learned decisions. Sifré Deut. 43 (ref. to Jer. XXXI, 20) היו מצ׳ במצות וכ׳ distinguish yourselves by observing (in exile) religious laws (meant for Palestine), so that they be not new to you, when you return; a. fr.—[Cant. R. to VI, 4; Yalk. Num. 713, read: מְצוּיָּירוֹת, v. צוּר II.]
Hithpa. - הִצַּיֵּין to distinguish, adorn one’s self. Lam. R. to I, 19 (ref. to Jer. l. c.) הִצַּיְּינִי במצות וכ׳ adorn thyself with the religious observances by which Israel was distinguished (in Palestine), v. supra.