כְּתַף , Pa. כַּתֵּף same. Sabb. 8ᵃ ולא כַתּוּפֵי מְכַתְּפֵי עלויה Ms. M. nor do they not use it for rearranging burdens; ודאי מְכַתְּפִין עילויה people surely use it &c. Ib. 119ᵃ מְכַתַּף ועייל וכ׳ carried things in and out. Ib. מי לא מְכַתִּיפְנָא קמייהו should I not carry things in and out for their reception?—Esp. to carry a person (in a chair) on shoulders, v. אֲלַנְקִי. Yoma 87ᵃ; Snh. 7ᵇ. Bets. 25ᵇ הוו מְכַתְּפֵי להו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) they carried them; (ed. מִכַּתְּפוּ להו Ithpa. allowed themselves to be carried).
Ithpa. - אִיכַּתֵּף to be carried on shoulders, v. supra.