צלי, צָלָה (b. h.) [to turn, cmp. טְוִי II,] to roast. Tosef. Pes. V, 9 בישלו … צְלָאוֹ if he cooked (the Passover lamb) and then roasted it; Pes. 41ᵃ. Ib. צלאו כל צורכו if he roasted it as much as needed (well-done, contrad. to נא). Ib. VII, 1 כיצד צוֹלִין וכ׳ how must the Passover lamb be roasted? Ib. 2 צא וצְלֵה לנו וכ׳ go out and roast the lamb for us &c. Y. ib. VII, beg. 34ᵃ צְלָייוֹ בגדי וכ׳ if he roasted it together with a secular (not sacrificial) kid. Ib. bot. בשר לִצְלוֹת meat to roast it; a. fr.—Part. pass. צָלוּי; f. צְלוּיָה, צְלוּיָיה. Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ ביצה צ׳ a roasted egg; a. e.
Nif. - נִצְלֶה to be roasted. Y. Pes. l. c. נִצְלָה מקצתו וכ׳ if it was roasted partly by the heat of the stove &c.; a. fr.—Sabb. I, 10 כדי שיִצּוֹלוּ וכ׳ (fr. צול) in time to be roasted before the Sabbath begins.