כָּתַף (cmp. כָּתַת) to join; denom. כָּתֵף.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. II, 3 כתופין, ed. Bub. כתיפין, read: כפותין, v. כָּפַת.]
Pi. - כִּיתֵּף (denom. of כָּתֵף) to carry; to shoulder. Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵇ מְכַתְּפֵי פירות carriers of fruits (in the Sabbatical year). Y. Nidd. II, beg. 49ᵈ היתה מְכַתֶּפֶת יינות וכ׳ carried vessels with wine for libations; (Bab. ib. 6ᵇ גפה, v. גָּפַף).—B. Kam. 31ᵃ עמד לכַתֵּף he halted for the sake of shifting the burden on his shoulder; Keth. 31ᵃ, sq.; Sabb. 5ᵇ. Ib. 8ᵃ; Erub. 33ᵃ רבים מְכַתְּפִין עליו people rest and rearrange their burdens on it. [Bets. 25ᵇ ובלבר שלא יְכַתֵּף provided one allows not the chair to be carried on shoulders, v. אֲלַנְקִי; perhaps to be read: יִכָּתֵף Nif.]