כָּתַת (b. h.) [to join closely (in a friendly or hostile sense);—Denom. כַּתְּ;] to press, crush. Part. pass. כָּתוּת, one whose parts are crushed. Sifra Emor Par. 7, ch. VII; Kidd. 25ᵇ; Bekh. 39ᵇ
Pi. - כִּיתֵּת 1) to strike. Gen. R. s. 22 (with ref. to Ps. LXXXIX, 24) התחיל מְכַתְּתוֹ he began to strike him; Yalk. ib. 36; Yalk. Ps. 840. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIII היה מה"מ מְכַתֵּת וכ׳ the angel of death smote fifteen thousand and some of them. Ber. 63ᵇ (play on ה̇ס̇כ̇ת̇, Deut. XXVII, 9) כַּתְּתוּ עצמיכם וכ׳ expose yourselves to being smitten (by death) over the study of the Law. —2) to pound, pulverize. Ab. Zar. 44ᵃ כִּיתְּתוֹ ground it (the bronze serpent) to powder.—Trnsf. (cmp. גרס) to discuss, argue. Ber. l. c. הֹסֹ ואח"כ כַֹּתֵֹּת first listen (and receive) and then discuss.—Part. pass. מְכוּתָּת, f. מְכוּתֶּתֶת, pl. מְכוּתָּתִין, v. כָּתַשׁ.D