צָנַן (cmp. סָנַן) [to sting; (of taste) to be pungent; (of color) to be bright, polished]; (of temperature) to be cold. Mekh. Yithro s. 4 רחק ממנה צ׳ if he is removed from it, he is cold. Y. Pes. IV, 31ᵇ top שלא תִיצַן that she (the ass in heat) may not cool off (before copulation). Gen. R., s. 87 איקונין … וצָ׳ דמו he saw his father’s image before him, and his blood grew cold; ib. s. 98 וצינן (corr. acc., or וצוּנָּן); a. e.—V. צוֹנָן.
Hif. - הֵיצֵן,
Nif. - נָצַן to become cold. Y. Hor. III, 46ᵈ יָצֵן he must become cold (suppress his passion); לא ה׳ if he does not cool off (what shall he do)? Ib. ויהא מֵיצַן and he will cool off. Ib. ראה … מיד ה׳ he saw his father’s image and at once was cooled off (v. supra).—Gen. R. s. 20 שמא תִיצּוֹן (Nif.), v. next w.
Hif. - הוּצַן to be cooled off. Ab. Zar. III, 9 ישן יוּצַן if it is an old oven, it must be allowed to cool off (before being used again); Pes. 26ᵇ; 27ᵃ
Pi. - צִנֵּן to cool off. Sabb. 53ᵃ לצַנְּנָהּ to cause the perspiring animal to cool off, opp. לחממה to keep her warm. B. Bath. 74ᵇ סירס … וצי׳ הנקבה he emasculated the male (Leviathan), and cooled the female. Ex. R. s. 10 ומְצַנְּנִין אותו (not ומצנן) they caused the stove to cool off. Pes. 118ᵃ the angel Gabriel said, ארד וַאֲצַנֵּן וכ׳ let me go down and cool the furnace &c.; a. e.—[Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra.]
Pu. - צוּנָּן to be cooled off. Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra.—Part. מְצוּנָּן; f. מְצוּנֶּנֶת. Ḥull. III, 5 המצ׳ an animal suffering from frost; Tosef. ib. III (IV), 19.