Tsitsit rosh (ציצית ראש) means crest in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
צִיצִית רֹאשׁ
tsitsit rosh
noun · feminine
In English
crest
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Tsitsit rosh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בלורית שיער בולט מהראש.
- 2זואולוגיהאסופת נוצות הנראית כעין כתר ונמצאת על קדקודם של כמה מיני עופות.
The word Tsitsit rosh is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צִיצִית רֹאשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- ציצית ראש
- Said
- tsitsit rosh
- Root
- צ־ו־צ
- Gematria
- 1,101
This is how Tsitsit rosh is said in other languages.
- English
- crest
The word Tsitsit rosh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אחזו בציצית ראשו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Tsitsit rosh comes from the root צ־ו־צ, like these words.
These words come before and after Tsitsit rosh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tsitsit rosh.
What does Tsitsit rosh (ציצית ראש) mean in Hebrew?
Tsitsit rosh (ציצית ראש) means crest. It is said tsitsit rosh, with the stress on tsit.
Is Tsitsit rosh (ציצית ראש) masculine or feminine?
The word Tsitsit rosh (ציצית ראש) is a feminine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ציצית ראש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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