צָמַק (b. h.) to shrink. Ḥull. 55ᵇ (expl. חרותה, Mish. ib. III, 2) כל שצָמְקָה וכ׳ an animal whose lungs are shrunk; Tosef. ib. III, 12 שצְמוּקָה ed. Zuck. (Var. שצמקה). Sabb. 91ᵃ צמקה וחזרה וכ׳ it shrank (became less than the size of a dry fig) and then swelled again. Y. Orl. I, 61ᵇ top אם צָמְקוּ if the grapes are shrunk (dried). Y. Ter. II, 41ᵈ top לִצְמוֹק, v. תֶּפַח. Gen. R. s. 31 יִצְמוֹק, v. גָּוַע; a. fr.—Part. pass. צָמוּק; f. צְמוּקָה, v. supra.
Pi. - צִימֵּק to cause shrinking; to dry (in the sun). Y. Maasr. IV, 51ᵇ top פדייו וצִימְּקוֹ if he redeemed it (when fresh), and let it dry. Y. Naz. VI, 55ᶜ צימיקו (read: צִימֵּיקָן); a. e.—Part. pass. מְצוּמָּק; f. מְצוּמֶּקֶת; pl. מְצוּמָּקִים; מְצוּמָּקוֹת. Sabb. 38ᵃ ביצים מצ׳ eggs boiled or roasted down to a small size.
Hithpa. - הִצְטַמֵּק to be reduced in size (through boiling &c.). Ib. המִצְטַמֵּק ורע לו a dish which is deteriorated by boiling down; ib. מִצְטַמְּקוֹת ויפה להן eggs are improved by &c. Ib. 37ᵇ. Y. ib. III, 5ᵈ; a. fr.