כְּתַשׁ ch. same 1) to crush. Targ. Y. Ex. XXX, 36.—Part. pass. כָּתִישׁ, f. כָּתִישָׁא; pl. כָּתִישִׁין; כָּתִישַׁן. Targ. Ex. XXVII, 20. Targ. Y. Lev. XXII, 24 (h. text כָּתוּת). —2) (= h. נגע) to touch, strike, afflict. Part. pass. as ab. Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 14 (ed. Wil. כַּתִּישׁ). Targ. Is. XXVIII, 1 (h. text הלומי). Ib. LIV, 4; a. e.—Dem. מַכְתַּשׁ.
Ithpa. - אִתְכַּתַּשׁ, אִכַּתַּשׁ 1) to wrestle, fight. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXII, 25, sq.—Gen. R. s. 48, beg. הות מִכַּתְּשָׁא וכ׳ was quarrelling with her maid. Lev. R. s. 9 ולא חמית … מִתְכַּתְּשִׁין וכ׳ and I never saw two quarrel with one another without making peace between them. Lev. R. s. 22 פשושין מכתשין Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ציפרין מתנציין). —2) mostly Ithpe. אִתְכְּתַשׁ to be smitten, afflicted (with leprosy). Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 5. Targ. Y. Ex. II, 23 (cmp. Ex. R. s. 1). Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 1.—[Gen. R. s. 44; Yalk. ib. 77, v. כְּשַׁשׁ.]
*. - כַּתַּשׁ to press, beg persistently. Shebu. 30ᵇ; Ḥull. 7ᵇ, v. בְּתַשׁ.